Leškanič Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Leškanič Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Leškanič 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
Slovakia1061:50,3449,674
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312

The alternate forms: Leskanic (143) are calculated separately.

Leškanič Last Name Facts

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

The surname Leškanič occurs most in Slovakia. It can also occur in the variant forms: Leskanic. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Leškanič? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,710,039th most frequent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Leškanič live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The surname Leškanič is most commonly used in Slovakia, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 50,344. In Slovakia Leškanič is primarily found in: Košice Region, where 76 percent reside, Prešov Region, where 23 percent reside and Banská Bystrica Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Slovakia this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Czechia, where 7 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
Leskanic92143/
Leukanič884/
Leškaničová8464/
Lekanić8090/
Lekanic803/
Lekaničová781/
Lekanich751/
Leskaničová741/
Leskanich7137/

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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 Leškanič
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