Puhanić Surname

937,786th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 280 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Puhanić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Puhanić Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia2761:15,3213,060
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519

The alternate forms: Puhanic (21) are calculated separately.

Puhanić Last Name Facts

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

The surname Puhanić is found most frequently in Croatia. It can also occur as a variant: Puhanic. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Puhanić? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 937,786th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Puhanić are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

Puhanić is most widespread in Croatia, where it is held by 276 people, or 1 in 15,321. In Croatia Puhanić is primarily concentrated in: Osijek-Baranja County, where 80 percent live, Virovitica-Podravina County, where 9 percent live and City of Zagreb, where 4 percent live. Aside from Croatia this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 1 percent live and Slovenia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puhanic9521/
Puanić921/
Buhannic67223/
Puhanych671/
Buanic62103/
Buannic57409/
Buhanec57145/
Buanniz572/
Buhanets533/
Buhanych533/
Buhanecs531/
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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 Puhanić
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