Švegelj Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Švegelj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 131 | 1:18,990 | 4,328 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
The alternate forms: Svegelj (3) are calculated separately.
Švegelj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Švegelj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Švegelj is held by more people in Slovenia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Svegelj. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Švegelj? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,537,949th most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Švegelj are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Slovenia, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 18,990. In Slovenia it is most frequent in: Upper Carniola, where 78 percent reside, Central Slovenia, where 21 percent reside and Coastal-Karst, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Slovenia it exists in one country. It is also common in Croatia, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Švegelj
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