Lesnjak Surname

1,380,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 159 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Lesnjak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lesnjak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia791:31,4906,299
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Serbia41:1,786,23730,138
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
England21:27,859,030389,889
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Lešnjak (837) are calculated separately.

Lesnjak Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lesnjak is found most frequently in Slovenia. It can be rendered as: Lešnjak. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lesnjak? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,380,086th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 74 percent of Lesnjak are found; 54 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 54 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most common in Slovenia, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 31,490. In Slovenia Lesnjak is most frequent in: Savinja, where 91 percent live, Central Slovenia, where 6 percent live and Coastal-Karst, where 1 percent live. Apart from Slovenia this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent live and Germany, where 9 percent live.

Lesnjak Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lesnjak last name are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the party.

Lesnjak earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.23% more than the national average, earning $47,132 USD per year.

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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 Lesnjak
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