Orešek Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Orešek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 112 | 1:22,211 | 4,884 |
| Croatia | 10 | 1:422,860 | 35,095 |
The alternate forms: Oresek (8) are calculated separately.
Orešek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orešek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Orešek occurs most in Slovenia. It can be found as a variant: Oresek. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orešek? popularity and diffusion
Orešek is the 1,637,889th most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Orešek are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Orešek is most frequently occurring in Slovenia, where it is borne by 112 people, or 1 in 22,211. In Slovenia Orešek is mostly concentrated in: Drava, where 54 percent are found, Central Slovenia, where 34 percent are found and Mura, where 9 percent are found. Other than Slovenia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Croatia, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oresek | 94 | 8 | / |
| Oriešek | 92 | 268 | / |
| Horejšek | 86 | 2 | / |
| Oríšek | 83 | 54 | / |
| Orešec | 83 | 19 | / |
| Orišek | 83 | 10 | / |
| Gorišek | 77 | 1,448 | / |
| Oriesek | 77 | 41 | / |
| Orzesek | 77 | 32 | / |
| Oreshek | 77 | 6 | / |
| Horesek | 77 | 0 | / |
| Orzeszek | 71 | 894 | / |
| Orzessek | 71 | 126 | / |
| Oreškova | 71 | 113 | / |
| Horejsek | 71 | 71 | / |
| Oureizek | 71 | 45 | / |
| Hořejšek | 71 | 12 | / |
| Oriessek | 71 | 1 | / |
| Orisek | 67 | 179 | / |
| Oresik | 67 | 72 | / |
| Horeyseck | 67 | 34 | / |
| Oříšek | 67 | 25 | / |
| Oresyk | 67 | 5 | / |
| Oríšeková | 67 | 3 | / |
| Orzeschek | 67 | 2 | / |
| Urecek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orysek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orocek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oureyzekh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oureizeck | 67 | 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 Orešek
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