Pečenić Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Pečenić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pečenić 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
Croatia121:352,38432,084
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128

The alternate forms: Pecenić (3) & Pećenić (3) are calculated separately.

Pečenić Last Name Facts

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

Pečenić occurs more in Croatia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Pecenić or Pećenić. Click here for further possible spellings of Pečenić.

How Common Is The Last Name Pečenić? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pečenić are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Croatia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 352,384. In Croatia it is most prevalent in: City of Zagreb, where 75 percent reside and Zadar County, where 25 percent reside. Aside from Croatia this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 8 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
Pecenić953/
Pećenić953/
Pečanić8666/
Počanić71141/
Pećanić7174/
Pečenec7149/
Pescenic673/
Picinić5741/
Pietrzeniec5672/
Pecinich537/
Pechenets507/
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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 Pečenić
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