Žaček Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Žaček Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 112 | 1:94,942 | 15,795 |
| Croatia | 16 | 1:264,288 | 27,725 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
The alternate forms: Žáček (2,692), Začek (13), Zacek (859) & Záček (7) are calculated separately.
Žaček Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Žaček Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Žaček occurs in Czechia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Žáček, Začek, Zacek or Záček. Click here to see other possible spellings of Žaček.
How Common Is The Last Name Žaček? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,573,888th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. Žaček occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Žaček reside; 88 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 88 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in Czechia, where it is carried by 112 people, or 1 in 94,942. In Czechia it is primarily concentrated in: Moravian-Silesian Region, where 95 percent reside and Olomouc Region, where 5 percent reside. Other than Czechia it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 12 percent reside and Slovakia, where 2 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 Žaček
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