Živec Surname
Approximately 627 people bear this surname
Živec Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 459 | 1:5,420 | 1,095 |
| Croatia | 85 | 1:49,748 | 9,571 |
| Czechia | 80 | 1:132,918 | 21,095 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
The alternate forms: Zivec (301) are calculated separately.
Živec Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Živec Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Živec is more commonly found in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Zivec. For other possible spellings of Živec click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Živec? popularity and diffusion
Živec is the 519,402nd most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 11,622,880 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Živec live; 87 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 87 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
This last name is most widespread in Slovenia, where it is borne by 459 people, or 1 in 5,420. In Slovenia Živec is most frequent in: Gorizia, where 32 percent live, Coastal-Karst, where 30 percent live and Central Slovenia, where 25 percent live. Outside of Slovenia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 14 percent live and Czechia, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zivec | 93 | 301 | / |
| Živecká | 83 | 2 | / |
| Sivec | 80 | 877 | / |
| Šivec | 80 | 227 | / |
| Živic | 80 | 120 | / |
| Živac | 80 | 9 | / |
| Şivec | 80 | 1 | / |
| Civec | 80 | 1 | / |
| Živica | 73 | 67 | / |
| Sivecz | 73 | 27 | / |
| Ziveca | 73 | 2 | / |
| Siveck | 73 | 2 | / |
| Siviec | 73 | 1 | / |
| Siveco | 73 | 1 | / |
| Civeco | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sivech | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zivecs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ziveck | 73 | 0 | / |
| Švec | 67 | 7,676 | / |
| Svec | 67 | 3,040 | / |
| Živická | 67 | 53 | / |
| Živický | 67 | 42 | / |
| Sieviec | 67 | 19 | / |
| Živocki | 67 | 19 | / |
| Živocký | 67 | 17 | / |
| Sivc | 67 | 14 | / |
| Sivecky | 67 | 13 | / |
| Živocká | 67 | 10 | / |
| Šivecká | 67 | 9 | / |
| Šivecký | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sivecki | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sivecká | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zvec | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sivecký | 67 | 2 | / |
| Śvec | 67 | 1 | / |
| Šivc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sivecka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Civaeca | 67 | 1 | / |
| Xivc | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Živec
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