Záhorec Surname
Approximately 274 people bear this surname
Záhorec Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 194 | 1:27,507 | 4,711 |
| Czechia | 79 | 1:134,601 | 21,287 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
The alternate forms: Zahorec (384) are calculated separately.
Záhorec Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Záhorec Come From? nationality or country of origin
Záhorec is most common in Slovakia. It can also be rendered as a variant: Zahorec. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Záhorec? popularity and diffusion
It is the 953,750th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 26,596,883 people. The surname Záhorec is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Záhorec reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.
The last name Záhorec is most commonly held in Slovakia, where it is borne by 194 people, or 1 in 27,507. In Slovakia it is mostly concentrated in: Banská Bystrica Region, where 29 percent live, Nitra Region, where 26 percent live and Bratislava Region, where 23 percent live. Barring Slovakia it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 29 percent live and Hungary, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zahorec | 95 | 384 | / |
| Záhorecz | 93 | 9 | / |
| Záchorec | 93 | 1 | / |
| Záhorecová | 82 | 39 | / |
| Zahorecz | 80 | 429 | / |
| Zachorec | 80 | 32 | / |
| Záhoretz | 80 | 2 | / |
| Záhoreczová | 78 | 9 | / |
| Záchorecová | 78 | 1 | / |
| Zaorec | 77 | 1 | / |
| Zahoureck | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zahorecová | 71 | 88 | / |
| Zahorecova | 71 | 6 | / |
| Zahorek | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sohorec | 71 | 2 | / |
| Zahourek | 67 | 103 | / |
| Zahorets | 67 | 82 | / |
| Sochorec | 67 | 66 | / |
| Zochorek | 67 | 33 | / |
| Zachorek | 67 | 33 | / |
| Zahorick | 67 | 12 | / |
| Zachorecová | 67 | 10 | / |
| Zacharec | 67 | 10 | / |
| Zahoreczová | 67 | 7 | / |
| Zahoreczova | 67 | 4 | / |
| Šáchorek | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zachorecova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zahoretz | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Záhorec
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