Šulc Surname

99,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,765 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Šulc Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Šulc Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia3,9881:2,666199
Lithuania1881:16,1412,953
Croatia1651:25,6285,316
Slovenia1591:15,6463,670
Serbia1411:50,6734,911
Slovakia1201:44,4708,422
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Sulc (645) & Šulč (1) are calculated separately.

Šulc Last Name Facts

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

The last name Šulc is found in Czechia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Sulc or Šulč. Click here to see other potential spellings of Šulc.

How Common Is The Last Name Šulc? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 99,356th most widely held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,529,391 people. The surname Šulc is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šulc live; 86 percent live in Eastern Europe and 86 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

Šulc is most widespread in Czechia, where it is held by 3,988 people, or 1 in 2,666. In Czechia it is mostly found in: Central Bohemian Region, where 21 percent reside, Prague, where 16 percent reside and Hradec Králové Region, where 11 percent reside. Other than Czechia this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Lithuania, where 4 percent reside and Croatia, where 3 percent reside.

Šulc Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Šulc has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Šulc last name decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sulc92645/
Šulč921/
Šulcs8920/
Šulcė891/
Šulcz891/
Šolc752,451/
Šulj75129/
Šulz752/
Zulc751/
Šulcová734,202/
Šulcova731/
Szulc6733,221/
Sulcs67791/
Zulch67518/
Sulcz67203/
Shulc6791/
Šults6741/
Sulch6727/
Šulcková6723/
Siulc6713/
Sulci678/
Sultc674/
Šulczová672/
Sulck671/
Chulc671/
Xaulc671/
Zulck671/
Suilc671/
Šolcz671/

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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
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  • 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 Šulc
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