Ovčjak Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Ovčjak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ovčjak 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
Slovenia891:27,9515,823
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Ovcjak (27) are calculated separately.

Ovčjak Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ovčjak is found in Slovenia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Ovcjak. For other potential spellings of Ovčjak click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ovčjak? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ovčjak is the 1,967,751st most numerous family name on earth, held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. Ovčjak is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Ovčjak reside; 99 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Slovenia, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 27,951. In Slovenia Ovčjak is primarily found in: Savinja, where 98 percent live, Carinthia, where 1 percent live and Central Slovenia, where 1 percent live. Outside of Slovenia this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent live.

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
Ovcjak9427/
Ovčiak836/
Ivičjak777/
Ovčiaková676/
Owczak507/

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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 Ovčjak
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