Šamec Surname
Approximately 559 people bear this surname
Šamec Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 491 | 1:8,612 | 1,473 |
| Slovenia | 55 | 1:45,230 | 7,852 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Samec (3,837) & Sameć (31) are calculated separately.
Šamec Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šamec Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Šamec has its highest incidence in Croatia. It may appear in the variant forms: Samec or Sameć. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Šamec? popularity and diffusion
The surname Šamec is the 565,867th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 13,036,755 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šamec reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
Šamec is most commonly occurring in Croatia, where it is borne by 491 people, or 1 in 8,612. In Croatia it is mostly concentrated in: City of Zagreb, where 27 percent reside, Krapina-Zagorje County, where 23 percent reside and Varaždin County, where 19 percent reside. Apart from Croatia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Slovenia, where 10 percent reside and Serbia, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Šamec
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