Šav Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Šav Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 100 | 1:24,877 | 5,348 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
The alternate forms: Sav (120,602) & Säv (17) are calculated separately.
Šav Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šav Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Šav is borne by more people in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Sav or Säv. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Šav? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,817,111th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šav live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
Šav is most frequently held in Slovenia, where it is borne by 100 people, or 1 in 24,877. In Slovenia Šav is most prevalent in: Coastal-Karst, where 94 percent are found, Central Slovenia, where 4 percent are found and Gorizia, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Slovenia it exists in one country. It is also found in Croatia, where 3 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 Šav
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