Šenk Surname
Approximately 1,420 people bear this surname
Šenk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 892 | 1:11,921 | 1,659 |
| Slovenia | 446 | 1:5,578 | 1,143 |
| Croatia | 43 | 1:98,340 | 15,803 |
| Serbia | 24 | 1:297,706 | 15,186 |
| Montenegro | 8 | 1:79,946 | 4,069 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
The alternate forms: Senk (2,482) are calculated separately.
Šenk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šenk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Šenk occurs more in Czechia more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Senk. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Šenk? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 273,764th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,132,075 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šenk live; 63 percent live in Eastern Europe and 63 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
The surname Šenk is most commonly occurring in Czechia, where it is held by 892 people, or 1 in 11,921. In Czechia Šenk is most numerous in: South Moravian Region, where 25 percent live, Moravian-Silesian Region, where 23 percent live and Olomouc Region, where 14 percent live. Aside from Czechia it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 31 percent live and Croatia, where 3 percent live.
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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 Šenk
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