Štrekelj Surname

968,490th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 268 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Štrekelj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Štrekelj Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia2441:10,1952,391
Croatia201:211,43024,636
Bosnia and Herzegovina31:1,178,80115,876
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Strekelj (34) are calculated separately.

Štrekelj Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Štrekelj Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Štrekelj is found most in Slovenia. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Strekelj. Click here for further possible spellings of Štrekelj.

How Common Is The Last Name Štrekelj? popularity and diffusion

The surname Štrekelj is the 968,490th most frequently held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. The last name Štrekelj is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Štrekelj live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Slovenia, where it is carried by 244 people, or 1 in 10,195. In Slovenia Štrekelj is most numerous in: Central Slovenia, where 35 percent are found, Coastal-Karst, where 20 percent are found and Southeast Slovenia, where 19 percent are found. Besides Slovenia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 7 percent are found and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Strekelj9634/
Štricelj7579/
Strekely7515/
Strikelj752/
Strekeley711/
Strakele6354/
Sterkele638/
Stricelj635/
Strakely630/
Sterckele593/
Strecheli591/
Stercele501/
Stricely500/
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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 Štrekelj
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