Zając Surname
Approximately 57,795 people bear this surname
Zając Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 57,778 | 1:658 | 23 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Zajac (15,022), Zajác (41) & Zajać (3) are calculated separately.
Zając Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zając Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zając is found most in Poland. It may also occur in the variant forms: Zajac, Zajác or Zajać. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zając? popularity and diffusion
It is the 9,770th most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 126,093 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Zając reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.
The last name Zając is most frequently occurring in Poland, where it is held by 57,778 people, or 1 in 658. Outside of Poland this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and Czechia, where 0 percent live.
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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
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