Surjak Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Surjak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Surjak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia401:105,71516,512
Argentina191:2,249,653107,269
Poland171:2,235,809104,965
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Šurjak (81) & Surják (1) are calculated separately.

Surjak (21) may also be a first name.

Surjak Last Name Facts

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

Surjak is borne by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Šurjak or Surják. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Surjak? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,075,631st most frequent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 72 percent of Surjak live; 49 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 49 percent live in South Slavic Europe. Surjak is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used forename world-wide, borne by 21 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Croatia, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 105,715. In Croatia Surjak is primarily found in: Varaždin County, where 90 percent are found and City of Zagreb, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Croatia this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 23 percent are found and Poland, where 21 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šurjak9481/
Surják941/
Suurjaak868/
Suriak83308/
Suryak8354/
Jurjak8351/
Curjak8312/
Sursak839/
Surcak831/
Sorjak831/
Surjaková802/
Surzhak7782/
Jurjaks7722/
Shuryak779/
Sourjac776/
Shirjak772/
Surshak772/
Sourzak771/
Soursak771/
Soršak67417/
Cirjak67315/
Sursaq6783/
Suryakova6772/
Jurjac6770/
Sorsak6748/
Suriaková6724/
Sursok6723/
Suriakova6712/
Curiak6712/
Šuriak674/
Sorzak673/
Suriag672/
Sursakova672/
Surjoc672/
Surzok671/
Soriak671/
Surzakova671/
Surjacova671/
Jurják671/

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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 Surjak
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