Preselj Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

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

Preselj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Preselj Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina231:153,75710,076
Croatia131:325,27730,776
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Preselj Last Name Facts

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

The surname Preselj occurs more in Bosnia and Herzegovina more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Preselj.

How Common Is The Last Name Preselj? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,352,516th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Preselj live; 55 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 55 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 153,757. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it is most common in: Republika Srpska, where 100 percent are found. Not including Bosnia and Herzegovina Preselj is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 20 percent are found and Sweden, where 20 percent are found.

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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 Preselj
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