Križnik Surname
Approximately 960 people bear this surname
Križnik Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 671 | 1:3,707 | 618 |
| Croatia | 277 | 1:15,266 | 3,046 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
The alternate forms: Kriznik (108) are calculated separately.
Križnik Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Križnik Come From? nationality or country of origin
Križnik is more commonly found in Slovenia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Kriznik. For other potential spellings of Križnik click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Križnik? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 373,425th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 7,591,194 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Križnik live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most frequent in Slovenia, where it is carried by 671 people, or 1 in 3,707. In Slovenia it is primarily concentrated in: Savinja, where 66 percent reside, Central Slovenia, where 14 percent reside and Lower Sava, where 7 percent reside. Other than Slovenia this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 29 percent reside and Serbia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kriznik | 95 | 108 | / |
| Krisnik | 86 | 16 | / |
| Kraišnik | 80 | 121 | / |
| Krzisnik | 80 | 87 | / |
| Krizsnik | 80 | 13 | / |
| Kraisnik | 80 | 8 | / |
| Krishnik | 80 | 1 | / |
| Krischnik | 75 | 10 | / |
| Kraishnik | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kresnik | 71 | 894 | / |
| Krušnik | 71 | 126 | / |
| Kriznic | 71 | 59 | / |
| Krusnik | 71 | 54 | / |
| Krejnik | 71 | 20 | / |
| Kruznik | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kraischnik | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kreßnik | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kryznik | 71 | 1 | / |
| Krysnik | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kryjnik | 71 | 1 | / |
| Krishnek | 67 | 28 | / |
| Kressnik | 67 | 14 | / |
| Krajšnik | 67 | 14 | / |
| Kreshnik | 67 | 12 | / |
| Krzesnik | 67 | 9 | / |
| Krusnick | 67 | 2 | / |
| Krześnik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kryzhnik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Krissnig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khresnik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Krusznik | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Križnik
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