Njegovec Surname

746,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 385 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Njegovec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Njegovec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia3561:11,8782,234
Slovenia161:155,48013,898
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Njegovec Last Name Facts

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

The last name Njegovec occurs most in Croatia. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Njegovec? popularity and diffusion

Njegovec is the 746,827th most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,928,691 people. The last name Njegovec occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Njegovec reside; 97 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Croatia, where it is held by 356 people, or 1 in 11,878. In Croatia it is primarily concentrated in: Varaždin County, where 76 percent live, Bjelovar-Bilogora County, where 12 percent live and Zagreb County, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Croatia Njegovec is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Slovenia, where 4 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Njegovac8894/
Njegovic881/
Nyegovec881/
Njegović7524/
Niegovich715/
Nujakovic591/
Njuković501/

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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 Njegovec
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