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 last name Živec occurs in Slovenia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Zivec. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Živec? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 519,402nd most commonly used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 11,622,880 people. Živec is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Živec are found; 87 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 87 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The last name is most prevalent 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 reside, Coastal-Karst, where 30 percent reside and Central Slovenia, where 25 percent reside. Apart from Slovenia Živec occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 14 percent reside and Czechia, where 13 percent reside.
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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