Prešern Surname
Approximately 250 people bear this surname
Prešern Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 247 | 1:10,072 | 2,354 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
The alternate forms: Presern (67) are calculated separately.
Prešern Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Prešern Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Prešern occurs in Slovenia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Presern. For other possible spellings of Prešern click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Prešern? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,014,722nd most commonly used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 29,150,184 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Prešern are found; 99 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Prešern is most widely held in Slovenia, where it is carried by 247 people, or 1 in 10,072. In Slovenia Prešern is mostly found in: Upper Carniola, where 26 percent live, Southeast Slovenia, where 24 percent live and Central Slovenia, where 22 percent live. Barring Slovenia it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presern | 95 | 67 | / |
| Prešeren | 93 | 462 | / |
| Preseren | 80 | 93 | / |
| Preshern | 80 | 12 | / |
| Prechern | 80 | 1 | / |
| Preširen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Preschern | 75 | 266 | / |
| Praserin | 67 | 62 | / |
| Pricherin | 63 | 334 | / |
| Preshiren | 63 | 14 | / |
| Prieshorn | 63 | 1 | / |
| Proicherin | 59 | 49 | / |
| Prasarn | 57 | 768 | / |
| Prisorn | 57 | 2 | / |
| Prosorn | 57 | 1 | / |
| Prisarn | 57 | 1 | / |
| Phritcherin | 56 | 206 | / |
| Phraicherin | 56 | 65 | / |
| Phrasarn | 53 | 4 | / |
| Praisorn | 53 | 2 | / |
| Praisarn | 53 | 2 | / |
| Prahsarn | 53 | 1 | / |
| Pprasarn | 53 | 1 | / |
| Prosharin | 50 | 2 | / |
| Phraisorn | 50 | 1 | / |
| Proshirin | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Prešern
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