Lešnjak Surname
Approximately 837 people bear this surname
Lešnjak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 345 | 1:7,211 | 1,618 |
| Serbia | 273 | 1:26,172 | 2,882 |
| Croatia | 217 | 1:19,487 | 4,027 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Lesnjak (159) are calculated separately.
Lešnjak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lešnjak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lešnjak is found in Slovenia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Lesnjak. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lešnjak? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 415,769th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 8,706,745 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Lešnjak live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
It is most frequent in Slovenia, where it is borne by 345 people, or 1 in 7,211. In Slovenia Lešnjak is most frequent in: Central Slovenia, where 46 percent live, Southeast Slovenia, where 24 percent live and Upper Carniola, where 14 percent live. Beside Slovenia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 33 percent live and Croatia, where 26 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesnjak | 95 | 159 | / |
| Lešniak | 86 | 7 | / |
| Ležnjak | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lesniak | 71 | 7,052 | / |
| Lesnyak | 71 | 2,661 | / |
| Ložnjak | 71 | 208 | / |
| Leśniak | 71 | 108 | / |
| Lesnhak | 71 | 62 | / |
| Lažnjak | 71 | 60 | / |
| Lezniak | 71 | 27 | / |
| Loznjak | 71 | 21 | / |
| Leznyak | 71 | 9 | / |
| Lesneak | 71 | 6 | / |
| Laznjak | 71 | 3 | / |
| Lisnjak | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lešniaková | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lexniak | 71 | 1 | / |
| Läsnjak | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lezhniak | 67 | 81 | / |
| Lezhnyak | 67 | 32 | / |
| Leshniak | 67 | 13 | / |
| Lechnhak | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leczniak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leszniak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lesniack | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lesniaks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leshnyak | 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
- 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 Lešnjak
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