Podgorac Surname

1,001,271st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 255 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Podgorac Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Podgorac Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia1101:64,9545,932
Bosnia and Herzegovina751:47,1526,063
Croatia391:108,42616,784
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Podgorač (3) are calculated separately.

Podgorac Last Name Facts

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

The last name Podgorac is found in Serbia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Podgorač. For other possible spellings of Podgorac click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Podgorac? popularity and diffusion

The surname Podgorac is the 1,001,271st most widely held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 28,578,611 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Podgorac reside; 89 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 89 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in Serbia, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 64,954. In Serbia Podgorac is most prevalent in: Raška District, where 75 percent reside, Belgrade, where 15 percent reside and Šumadija District, where 9 percent reside. Other than Serbia this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 29 percent reside and Croatia, where 15 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Podgorač963/
Podorac931/
Podgorak8852/
Podgorzak824/
Podorak802/
Poddorak751/
Podgórzak71273/
Padorak674/
Podarak673/
Padarac671/
Padharac6327/
Poddarak633/
Phodarak631/
Phodaragh591/
Padarak5323/
Padharak5070/
Padharag5047/
Phadarak503/
Padarakh501/

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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
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  • 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 Podgorac
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