Višnjevec Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Višnjevec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Višnjevec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
Slovenia31:829,22525,091

The alternate forms: Visnjevec (24) are calculated separately.

Višnjevec Last Name Facts

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

The last name Višnjevec is borne by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Visnjevec. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Višnjevec? popularity and diffusion

Višnjevec is the 7,117,718th most numerous surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Višnjevec are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Croatia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 1,057,151. In Croatia it is mostly found in: City of Zagreb, where 100 percent live. Barring Croatia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Slovenia, where 43 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Visnjevec9624/
Višnjevac89329/
Visnjevac7821/
Visnjevic7813/
Višnjević784/
Višnjović672/
Visnjević671/

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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 Višnjevec
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