Vlčej Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Vlčej Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vlčej Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia971:55,01510,631
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

The alternate forms: Vlcej (11) are calculated separately.

Vlčej Last Name Facts

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

Vlčej is found most frequently in Slovakia. It can appear as a variant: Vlcej. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vlčej? popularity and diffusion

Vlčej is the 1,871,545th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. Vlčej occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Vlčej reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

The surname Vlčej is most frequent in Slovakia, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 55,015. In Slovakia Vlčej is primarily found in: Trnava Region, where 52 percent reside, Košice Region, where 46 percent reside and Nitra Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Slovakia this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Czechia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vlcej9311/
Vlčeja911/
Vlčejová7789/
Vlze671/
Vlasij554/
Vlasaj554/
Vllasaj5013/
Velisoj501/

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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 Vlčej
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