Medvešek Surname
Approximately 841 people bear this surname
Medvešek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 685 | 1:3,632 | 597 |
| Croatia | 128 | 1:33,036 | 6,772 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26 | 1:136,015 | 9,570 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
The alternate forms: Medvesek (121) are calculated separately.
Medvešek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Medvešek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Medvešek is carried by more people in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Medvesek. Click here for further possible spellings of Medvešek.
How Common Is The Last Name Medvešek? popularity and diffusion
The surname Medvešek is the 414,183rd most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,665,334 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Medvešek live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in Slovenia, where it is borne by 685 people, or 1 in 3,632. In Slovenia it is primarily concentrated in: Lower Sava, where 26 percent reside, Central Sava, where 23 percent reside and Central Slovenia, where 22 percent reside. Other than Slovenia it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 15 percent reside and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medvesek | 96 | 121 | / |
| Medvedšek | 94 | 2 | / |
| Medvešeek | 94 | 1 | / |
| Medvescek | 82 | 122 | / |
| Medvejsek | 82 | 21 | / |
| Medvedsek | 82 | 13 | / |
| Medveszek | 82 | 9 | / |
| Medveschek | 78 | 1 | / |
| Medveshchek | 74 | 2 | / |
| Medveseig | 71 | 1 | / |
| Medweschek | 67 | 18 | / |
| Medvedchyk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Medvesig | 63 | 11 | / |
| Medvescig | 59 | 60 | / |
| Medvesigh | 59 | 22 | / |
| Medvesciq | 59 | 1 | / |
| Medvescigh | 56 | 25 | / |
| Medvescigch | 53 | 1 | / |
| Midvisik | 50 | 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 Medvešek
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