Žaček Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Žaček Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Žaček 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
Czechia1121:94,94215,795
Croatia161:264,28827,725
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680

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 last name Žaček is most common in Czechia. It can appear as a variant: Žáček, Začek, Zacek or Záček. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Žaček? popularity and diffusion

The surname Žaček is the 1,573,888th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Žaček live; 88 percent live in Eastern Europe and 88 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

Žaček is most prevalent in Czechia, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 94,942. In Czechia it is mostly concentrated in: Moravian-Silesian Region, where 95 percent are found and Olomouc Region, where 5 percent are found. Other than Czechia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 12 percent are found and Slovakia, where 2 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
Žáček932,692/
Začek9313/
Zacek87859/
Záček877/
Jaček8089/
Žoček8069/
Saček8048/
Žačik805/
Žačeková774/
Zaiček7356/
Zajček7350/
Zaíček7313/
Žjačík735/
Dziaček6725/
Žačkova671/
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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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