Palčić Surname

511,519th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 639 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Palčić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palčić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia6051:6,9891,068
Serbia181:396,94217,613
Slovenia141:177,69114,620
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Palčič (521), Palcić (16) & Palcic (365) are calculated separately.

Palčić Last Name Facts

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

The surname Palčić is found most in Croatia. It can also be rendered as a variant: Palčič, Palcić or Palcic. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palčić? popularity and diffusion

It is the 511,519th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 11,404,610 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Palčić are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Palčić is most frequently used in Croatia, where it is borne by 605 people, or 1 in 6,989. In Croatia Palčić is mostly concentrated in: City of Zagreb, where 37 percent reside, Zagreb County, where 20 percent reside and Zadar County, where 12 percent reside. Besides Croatia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 3 percent reside and Slovenia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palčič94521/
Palcić9416/
Palcic89365/
Polčić8342/
Palčec6793/
Polčic6777/
Polčič6733/
Polcić671/
Palchich5710/
Palchits575/
Paltsits571/
Polčicová5354/
Polčičová5327/
Palcicova536/
Polčicova533/
Polcic5017/
Palcec503/
Paltschich501/

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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 Palčić
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