Čanžek Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Čanžek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Čanžek 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
Slovenia891:27,9515,823
Croatia341:124,37118,240

The alternate forms: Canzek (52) are calculated separately.

Čanžek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Čanžek is most common in Slovenia. It can appear as a variant: Canzek. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Čanžek? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,628,521st most commonly used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. The surname Čanžek occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Čanžek reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

Čanžek is most numerous in Slovenia, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 27,951. In Slovenia Čanžek is mostly found in: Savinja, where 92 percent are found, Central Slovenia, where 6 percent are found and Drava, where 1 percent are found. Barring Slovenia Čanžek exists in one country. It also occurs in Croatia, where 28 percent are found.

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
Canzek8952/
Čonžek8312/
Kanzek6718/
Ganzek6714/
Zancek670/

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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 Čanžek
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