Valjak Surname
Approximately 724 people bear this surname
Valjak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 681 | 1:6,209 | 888 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 1:707,280 | 14,781 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| North Macedonia | 4 | 1:525,368 | 20,918 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Väljak (70) are calculated separately.
Valjak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Valjak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Valjak is most common in Croatia. It can also appear as a variant: Väljak. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Valjak? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 465,182nd most prevalent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 10,065,671 people. The surname Valjak occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Valjak are found; 96 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
Valjak is most prevalent in Croatia, where it is carried by 681 people, or 1 in 6,209. In Croatia Valjak is most frequent in: Varaždin County, where 22 percent live, Krapina-Zagorje County, where 19 percent live and City of Zagreb, where 17 percent live. Barring Croatia Valjak exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent live and Slovenia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Väljak | 94 | 70 | / |
| Valjack | 92 | 6 | / |
| Vasiljak | 86 | 1 | / |
| Baljak | 83 | 1,380 | / |
| Veljak | 83 | 81 | / |
| Valcak | 83 | 12 | / |
| Valzak | 83 | 12 | / |
| Voljak | 83 | 8 | / |
| Valsak | 83 | 6 | / |
| Waljak | 83 | 1 | / |
| Valchak | 77 | 264 | / |
| Valehak | 77 | 1 | / |
| Baljack | 77 | 1 | / |
| Valesak | 77 | 1 | / |
| Veljack | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vallzak | 77 | 1 | / |
| Volçjak | 77 | 1 | / |
| Valjeaux | 71 | 13 | / |
| Valchake | 71 | 1 | / |
| Balşak | 67 | 851 | / |
| Walzak | 67 | 459 | / |
| Vasylchak | 67 | 200 | / |
| Walsak | 67 | 69 | / |
| Boljak | 67 | 55 | / |
| Volsak | 67 | 34 | / |
| Feljak | 67 | 30 | / |
| Walcak | 67 | 27 | / |
| Baljag | 67 | 20 | / |
| Volšak | 67 | 19 | / |
| Vasilchak | 67 | 16 | / |
| Walyak | 67 | 15 | / |
| Volcak | 67 | 5 | / |
| Voljac | 67 | 4 | / |
| Valsac | 67 | 4 | / |
| Veljac | 67 | 3 | / |
| Foljak | 67 | 3 | / |
| Valzac | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vasilceak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baljaková | 67 | 1 | / |
| Valeok | 67 | 1 | / |
| Volzak | 67 | 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
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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 Valjak
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