Nekić Surname

222,674th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,830 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Nekić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nekić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia1,4931:2,832236
Serbia3061:23,3502,624
Bosnia and Herzegovina121:294,70012,460
Kosovo121:155,1566,641
Slovenia41:621,91923,710
Montenegro21:319,7827,691
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546

The alternate forms: Nekic (284) & Nekič (17) are calculated separately.

Nekić Last Name Facts

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

Nekić occurs in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Nekic or Nekič. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nekić? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 222,674th most prevalent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 3,982,266 people. Nekić occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Nekić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Nekić is most common in Croatia, where it is carried by 1,493 people, or 1 in 2,832. In Croatia it is primarily concentrated in: Zadar County, where 24 percent are found, City of Zagreb, where 20 percent are found and Lika-Senj County, where 12 percent are found. Besides Croatia it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 17 percent are found and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nekic93284/
Nekič9317/
Nejkić9127/
Neskić9123/
Neškić919/
Nikić807,637/
Nokić80716/
Necić80168/
Nekiz8065/
Nojkić73213/
Nekich73124/
Niškić7386/
Nujkić7356/
Najkić7336/
Niskić7334/
Nejkic733/
Negkiz732/
Nekaich6711/
Nekiche672/
Neckich671/
Nekkich671/
Nekoich671/

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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
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  • 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 Nekić
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