Zakanj Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Zakanj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 41 | 1:103,137 | 16,264 |
| Serbia | 22 | 1:324,770 | 15,940 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Žakanj (1) are calculated separately.
Zakanj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zakanj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zakanj has its highest incidence in Croatia. It can also be rendered as a variant: Žakanj. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zakanj? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,293,424th most widespread surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Zakanj are found; 91 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 91 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The surname Zakanj is most numerous in Croatia, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 103,137. In Croatia Zakanj is mostly found in: Zagreb County, where 39 percent live, Osijek-Baranja County, where 29 percent live and City of Zagreb, where 27 percent live. Other than Croatia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 32 percent live and Australia, where 7 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Zakanj
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