Zilnić Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Zilnić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Zilnić Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia61:414,61218,975
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289

The alternate forms: Žilnić (8) are calculated separately.

Zilnić Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zilnić is most common in Slovenia. It can also be rendered as a variant: Žilnić. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zilnić? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zilnić is the 6,360,413th most frequently used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Zilnić occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Zilnić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in Slovenia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 414,612. In Slovenia it is primarily found in: Central Slovenia, where 50 percent live and Savinja, where 50 percent live. Beside Slovenia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 22 percent live and Croatia, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Žilnić948/
Zelnić839/
Silnic6722/
Zelnic671/
Gilnich62333/
Gilnicz621/
Zellnitz5711/
Szleniec571/
Silnicová5379/
Silnicova532/
Celnic502/
Selnic501/
Gilnez500/
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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 Zilnić
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