Zec Surname

65,460th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,625 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zec Surname User-submission:

The Zec surname comes from the word zec, which means 'rabbit' in the Serbian language.

Zec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina2,6001:1,360207
Serbia2,2981:3,109415
Croatia7711:5,485734
United States4211:860,94865,474
Slovenia2641:9,4232,170
Montenegro2421:2,643560
Australia1821:148,32815,783
Argentina1361:314,29024,990
Canada1191:309,62728,530
Germany921:875,05962,702
Sweden721:136,7619,670
France651:1,021,888113,182
Austria571:149,39419,936
England331:1,688,42669,999
Switzerland311:264,93321,684
Chile301:587,21614,299
Italy281:2,184,16791,195
Peru221:1,444,73322,095
Israel131:658,28045,106
Denmark121:470,39330,183
Finland121:458,05828,977
Norway121:428,52437,411
Venezuela111:2,745,82529,869
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
American Samoa61:9,2931,961
Kosovo51:372,3749,323
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Slovakia41:1,334,11294,300
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
North Macedonia31:700,49123,754
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
China21:683,660,78330,601
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

The alternate forms: Žec (175) are calculated separately.

Zec (55) may also be a first name.

Zec Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Zec surname comes from the word zec, which means 'rabbit' in the Serbian language.

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Zec Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zec is carried by more people in Bosnia and Herzegovina than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Žec. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zec? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 65,460th most frequent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 955,744 people. The surname Zec is primarily found in Europe, where 87 percent of Zec are found; 81 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 81 percent are found in South Slavic Europe. Zec is also the 1,336,256th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 55 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is held by 2,600 people, or 1 in 1,360. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Zec is primarily concentrated in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 54 percent are found and Republika Srpska, where 46 percent are found. Aside from Bosnia and Herzegovina Zec occurs in 61 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 30 percent are found and Croatia, where 10 percent are found.

Zec Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Zec are 9.55% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.32% registered with the political party.

The amount Zec earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 1.18% more than the national average, earning 350,179 kr per year; in Peru they earn 47.69% less than the national average, earning S/. 10,141 per year; in United States they earn 9.06% more than the national average, earning $47,057 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.99% more than the national average, earning $52,659 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Žec89175/
Zech8613,127/
Zeck862,921/
Zeic8685/
Ziec8630/
Zejc8612/
Zecc862/
Zecp861/
Zgec861/
Rzec861/
Zzec861/
Zecg861/
Zect861/
Zegc861/
Zcec861/
Zeec861/
Zeuc861/
Zeac861/
Xzec861/
Jzec861/
Zesch75669/
Ziech75591/
Zeeck75439/
Zeich75208/
Zieck75113/
Zeche7549/
Zetci7524/
Zeick7510/
Zjeci757/
Zecke755/
Zeics755/
Zeech754/
Zetch752/
Zeijc752/
Zeitc752/
Hzecz751/
Zeckh751/
Xzech751/
Zseec751/
Zeych751/
Zheck751/
Zeuck750/
Gec67819/
Zek67661/
Zic67525/
Ziesch67442/
Cec67275/
Zes67185/
Zex67160/
Zez67153/
Jec6784/
Zieche6782/
Zetsch6765/
Zyc6719/
Zetche6718/
Zeg6718/
Zeq6714/
Ziecke6713/
Zej679/
Zecova678/
Zecová673/
Zeschg673/
Zeitch672/
Zecque672/
Zjc672/
Zeschs671/
Zeheck671/
Zeicke671/
Zeache671/
Zzeick670/

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