Pečaver Surname

1,374,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Pečaver Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pečaver 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
Slovenia1111:22,4114,918
Croatia491:86,29814,514

The alternate forms: Pecaver (9) & Pećaver (3) are calculated separately.

Pečaver Last Name Facts

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

Pečaver is carried by more people in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Pecaver or Pećaver. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pečaver? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,374,607th most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pečaver live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Slovenia, where it is held by 111 people, or 1 in 22,411. In Slovenia Pečaver is most numerous in: Central Slovenia, where 59 percent reside, Southeast Slovenia, where 39 percent reside and Carinthia, where 1 percent reside. Barring Slovenia this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Croatia, where 31 percent reside.

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
Pecaver959/
Pećaver953/
Pechaver8029/
Pezave771/
Peatcover750/
Peshave71712/
Pecover7160/
Pazaver7139/
Pezaveh714/
Petschaver712/
Pesahve711/
Pechawer6740/
Pechavez671/
Pechover671/
Peshawer671/
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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 Pečaver
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