Orešnik Surname
Approximately 519 people bear this surname
Orešnik Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 488 | 1:5,098 | 1,013 |
| Croatia | 31 | 1:136,407 | 19,258 |
The alternate forms: Oresnik (56) & Ořešník (1) are calculated separately.
Orešnik Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orešnik Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orešnik occurs most in Slovenia. It can appear in the variant forms: Oresnik or Ořešník. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orešnik? popularity and diffusion
Orešnik is the 599,225th most widely held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 14,041,514 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Orešnik are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
This surname is most widely held in Slovenia, where it is borne by 488 people, or 1 in 5,098. In Slovenia it is primarily concentrated in: Savinja, where 30 percent are found, Central Slovenia, where 23 percent are found and Upper Carniola, where 12 percent are found. Other than Slovenia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Croatia, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oresnik | 95 | 56 | / |
| Ořešník | 90 | 1 | / |
| Orejnik | 86 | 1 | / |
| Oreshnik | 80 | 16 | / |
| Horesnik | 80 | 4 | / |
| Horešník | 80 | 3 | / |
| Horecnik | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gorišnik | 80 | 1 | / |
| Goreshnik | 75 | 108 | / |
| Oreshnick | 75 | 14 | / |
| Oreschnik | 75 | 8 | / |
| Oreschnick | 71 | 37 | / |
| Oresnikova | 71 | 5 | / |
| Orisnik | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oreshnikova | 67 | 1,589 | / |
| Oreshnyk | 67 | 33 | / |
| Oroshnik | 67 | 19 | / |
| Goresnic | 67 | 13 | / |
| Horečník | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gorisnik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Horesniková | 67 | 1 | / |
| Horesnikova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Areshnik | 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 Orešnik
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