Poznjak Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Estonia
Highest density in:
Estonia

Poznjak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poznjak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

The alternate forms: Požnjak (64) are calculated separately.

Poznjak Last Name Facts

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

Poznjak is more frequently found in Estonia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Požnjak. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Poznjak? popularity and diffusion

The last name Poznjak is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Poznjak occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Poznjak reside; 75 percent reside in Northern Europe and 75 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

It is most commonly held in Estonia, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 110,150. Aside from Estonia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 13 percent are found and Belarus, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Požnjak9564/
Poznyak867,914/
Pozniak865,722/
Posnjak8643/
Pocnjak863/
Posenjak80100/
Posinjak8054/
Pozniaks801/
Porznyak801/
Posenjack751/
Poznyakova711,220/
Pozniakova711,051/
Posniak71311/
Puzniak71239/
Paznyak71176/
Pečnjak7187/
Pesnjak7140/
Pazniak7138/
Poźniak7131/
Pećnjak7129/
Pozneac7120/
Pušnjak7110/
Puznyak719/
Posnyak717/
Pozniaková717/
Pośniak715/
Pešnjak714/
Pusnjak714/
Puzneak712/
Pocniak711/
Pozñiak711/
Posniack6739/
Puzhnyak6712/
Paszniak6712/
Pazzniak677/
Puzniack672/
Pochniak672/
Puszniak671/
Podznyakova671/
Poshnyak671/

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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 Poznjak
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