Šilec Surname
Approximately 302 people bear this surname
Šilec Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 224 | 1:11,106 | 2,625 |
| Croatia | 78 | 1:54,213 | 10,290 |
The alternate forms: Silec (207) are calculated separately.
Šilec Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šilec Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Šilec is carried by more people in Slovenia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Silec. For other possible spellings of Šilec click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Šilec? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 889,654th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šilec live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Slovenia, where it is carried by 224 people, or 1 in 11,106. In Slovenia it is mostly found in: Drava, where 75 percent are found, Savinja, where 11 percent are found and Central Slovenia, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Slovenia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Croatia, where 26 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silec | 93 | 207 | / |
| Šilc | 89 | 465 | / |
| Šileš | 80 | 16 | / |
| Cilec | 80 | 11 | / |
| Šiles | 80 | 5 | / |
| Šilek | 80 | 5 | / |
| Sileci | 73 | 526 | / |
| Çileci | 73 | 36 | / |
| Sileck | 73 | 25 | / |
| Siliec | 73 | 11 | / |
| Sielec | 73 | 2 | / |
| Cileci | 73 | 2 | / |
| Zilech | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chilec | 73 | 1 | / |
| Silleck | 67 | 109 | / |
| Šilcová | 67 | 71 | / |
| Silecch | 67 | 10 | / |
| Zilesch | 67 | 6 | / |
| Seileck | 67 | 4 | / |
| Soileck | 67 | 2 | / |
| Choilec | 67 | 1 | / |
| Šilk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Šileikė | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zeileck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sileach | 67 | 0 | / |
| Zuileck | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sieleck | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Šilec
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