Orešćanin Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Orešćanin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Orešćanin Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia341:124,37118,240
Serbia101:714,49524,752

The alternate forms: Oreščanin (853) & Orescanin (188) are calculated separately.

Orešćanin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orešćanin is borne by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Oreščanin or Orescanin. Click here for further potential spellings of Orešćanin.

How Common Is The Last Name Orešćanin? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Orešćanin occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Orešćanin live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Orešćanin is most frequently held in Croatia, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 124,371. In Croatia Orešćanin is most prevalent in: Split-Dalmatia County, where 71 percent are found, City of Zagreb, where 12 percent are found and Karlovac County, where 6 percent are found. Barring Croatia it occurs in one country. It is also common in Serbia, where 23 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oreščanin96853/
Orescanin93188/
Orašćanin89174/
Oraščanin78677/
Oroščanin789/
Orscanin711/
Oreshchanin702/
Oreškinienė701/
Orascanin6772/
Oresconin673/
Orskanyan5692/
Arscanian561/
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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 Orešćanin
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