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
Šamec is carried by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Samec or Sameć. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Šamec? popularity and diffusion
It is the 565,867th most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 13,036,755 people. The surname Šamec is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šamec reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Šamec is most commonly used in Croatia, where it is held by 491 people, or 1 in 8,612. In Croatia it is mostly found in: City of Zagreb, where 27 percent are found, Krapina-Zagorje County, where 23 percent are found and Varaždin County, where 19 percent are found. Apart from Croatia it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 10 percent are found and Serbia, where 2 percent are found.
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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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