Leskovšek Surname

367,445th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 980 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Leskovšek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leskovšek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia9441:2,635341
Croatia351:120,81717,927
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Leskovsek (99) are calculated separately.

Leskovšek Last Name Facts

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

Leskovšek occurs in Slovenia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Leskovsek. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leskovšek? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 367,445th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 7,436,271 people. The surname Leskovšek occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Leskovšek reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Leskovšek is most commonly occurring in Slovenia, where it is borne by 944 people, or 1 in 2,635. In Slovenia it is most common in: Savinja, where 54 percent are found, Central Slovenia, where 19 percent are found and Central Sava, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Slovenia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 4 percent are found and Serbia, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Leskovšek
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