Valanec Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Valanec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Valanec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia171:313,90944,635
Czechia101:1,063,34780,937
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

Valanec Last Name Facts

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

The surname Valanec is more commonly found in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Valanec? popularity and diffusion

The surname Valanec is the 3,730,171st most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. Valanec occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Valanec live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

Valanec is most widely held in Slovakia, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 313,909. In Slovakia Valanec is most common in: Nitra Region, where 59 percent are found, Prešov Region, where 18 percent are found and Bratislava Region, where 12 percent are found. Other than Slovakia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 36 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 4 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
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  • 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 Valanec
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