Svegelj Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Svegelj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Svegelj Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Švegelj (135) are calculated separately.

Svegelj Last Name Facts

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

The surname Svegelj occurs most in Slovenia. It can appear as: Švegelj. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Svegelj? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Svegelj occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Svegelj live; 67 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 67 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

Svegelj is most frequently occurring in Slovenia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 1,243,838. In Slovenia it is primarily concentrated in: Central Slovenia, where 50 percent are found and Upper Carniola, where 50 percent are found. Excluding Slovenia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Švegelj95135/
Svagelj8690/
Svigelj8673/
Žvegelj8643/
Zvegelj861/
Švigelj71721/
Švagelj71455/
Svigely714/
Svageli712/
Svigeli711/
Svagely711/
Cveigele6727/
Švajgelj671/
Schwegele6358/
Svedjelid6313/
Soueguely631/
Schwegeler5928/
Schweigele591/
Soueyguely591/
Swegles57238/
Svízela5742/
Svížela5711/
Svižela578/
Svizela572/
Suigely571/
Zweigele535/
Zvingele534/
Zwiegela531/
Suechele530/
Sweegles530/
Schwagele50120/
Schwägele5075/
Szwechela500/

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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 Svegelj
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