Podravec Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Podravec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Podravec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia1351:31,3236,406
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Podravec Last Name Facts

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

The last name Podravec is more commonly found in Croatia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Podravec.

How Common Is The Last Name Podravec? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,511,557th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Podravec reside; 98 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Croatia, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 31,323. In Croatia Podravec is most common in: Koprivnica-Križevci County, where 52 percent reside, Bjelovar-Bilogora County, where 24 percent reside and City of Zagreb, where 12 percent reside. Besides Croatia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent reside and Italy, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Podravac88168/
Podrovec881/
Potravca752/
Podorvic751/
Podorovic712/
Pedrovech711/
Podhorovecki701/
Podroviz632/
Podrovitz5932/
Padrovich592/
Pudrovich591/

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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 Podravec
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