Prelc Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Prelc Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prelc Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia2011:12,3762,967
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Prelc Last Name Facts

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

Prelc occurs in Slovenia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Prelc click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prelc? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,121,821st most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. Prelc is primarily found in Europe, where 94 percent of Prelc are found; 94 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 94 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Slovenia, where it is carried by 201 people, or 1 in 12,376. In Slovenia it is primarily found in: Coastal-Karst, where 41 percent live, Littoral-Inner Carniola, where 31 percent live and Central Slovenia, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Slovenia this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 3 percent live and Argentina, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prelch911/
Prelz807/
Prlec801/
Prelcová7726/
Prelcova774/
Prylch731/
Preltz730/
Prlj6748/
Prlk671/
Prlg671/
Prelkova6218/
Prilk6010/
Prleš602/
Pprlk601/
Prilz601/
Priltz556/
Përlek551/
Prilltz501/
Pryglik501/

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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 Prelc
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