Pečnić Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Pečnić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pečnić 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
Slovenia231:108,16011,945
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645

The alternate forms: Pecnić (42) & Pećnić (4) are calculated separately.

Pečnić Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pečnić occurs most in Slovenia. It may also be found as: Pecnić or Pećnić. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pečnić? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,485,539th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Pečnić is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pečnić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

It is most commonly held in Slovenia, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 108,160. In Slovenia it is mostly found in: Central Slovenia, where 35 percent reside, Savinja, where 30 percent reside and Drava, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Slovenia Pečnić is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 22 percent reside and Serbia, where 6 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
Pecnić9442/
Pećnić944/
Pačnić839/
Pisnić671/
Pesnich621/
Peysnic620/
Piesnitz571/
Poznič50378/
Pisnic50174/
Pesnec5022/
Pesnitsova501/
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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 Pečnić
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