Krnić Surname

282,110th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,367 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Montenegro

Krnić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Krnić Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia8531:4,957629
Serbia3221:22,1892,521
Montenegro1571:4,074806
Bosnia and Herzegovina181:196,46711,001
Slovenia131:191,36015,039
Kosovo21:930,93412,188
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

The alternate forms: Krnic (315), Krnič (11) & Krniç (1) are calculated separately.

Krnić Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Krnić Come From? nationality or country of origin

Krnić is carried by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Krnic, Krnič or Krniç. Click here for further possible spellings of Krnić.

How Common Is The Last Name Krnić? popularity and diffusion

The surname Krnić is the 282,110th most widespread surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 5,331,050 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Krnić reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most common in Croatia, where it is borne by 853 people, or 1 in 4,957. In Croatia it is most frequent in: Split-Dalmatia County, where 25 percent reside, Šibenik-Knin County, where 24 percent reside and City of Zagreb, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Croatia this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 24 percent reside and Montenegro, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Krnic93315/
Krnič9311/
Krniç931/
Crnić801,223/
Krnich7365/
Crnaić7311/
Krnitz732/
Krnaič731/
Krnaich6720/
Khrnich679/
Krniets671/
Kremnitz6239/
Krennich622/
Crnićová621/
Crnic60401/
Krnec6024/
Crnič6015/
Crnich55349/
Krznec5522/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Krnić
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