Mikelj Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Mikelj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 226 | 1:11,007 | 2,602 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 1:1,206,124 | 10,500 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mikelj (22) may also be a first name.
Mikelj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mikelj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mikelj is borne by more people in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mikelj click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mikelj? popularity and diffusion
Mikelj is the 956,400th most common last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Mikelj live; 87 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 87 percent live in South Slavic Europe. Mikelj is also the 2,301,746th most common first name globally, held by 22 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Slovenia, where it is carried by 226 people, or 1 in 11,007. In Slovenia it is mostly found in: Upper Carniola, where 61 percent are found, Central Slovenia, where 32 percent are found and Central Sava, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Slovenia Mikelj is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 5 percent are found and Croatia, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Mikelj
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