Mateljak Surname

744,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 387 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Mateljak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mateljak 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
Croatia3561:11,8782,234
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Mateljak Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mateljak occurs in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mateljak.

How Common Is The Last Name Mateljak? popularity and diffusion

Mateljak is the 744,013th most numerous last name globally, borne by around 1 in 18,830,868 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Mateljak live; 92 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 92 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Croatia, where it is carried by 356 people, or 1 in 11,878. In Croatia it is mostly concentrated in: Dubrovnik-Neretva County, where 63 percent live, Split-Dalmatia County, where 20 percent live and City of Zagreb, where 9 percent live. Barring Croatia Mateljak exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

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
Matiljak883/
Maljak86173/
Matelshak824/
Matelchak823/
Masljak8014/
Maljack802/
Malcak7149/
Maljac7139/
Matylchak7117/
Maljok7110/
Malzak714/
Moljak711/
Malsack67165/
Malesak6731/
Mooljak675/
Matlcok673/
Mouljak671/
Malszak671/
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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 Mateljak
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