Žmegač Surname

1,032,007th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 244 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Žmegač Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Žmegač Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia2161:19,5774,045
Bosnia and Herzegovina251:141,4569,707
Slovenia31:829,22525,091

The alternate forms: Žmegać (7) & Zmegac (22) are calculated separately.

Žmegač Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Žmegač Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Žmegač is found most in Croatia. It can also occur in the variant forms: Žmegać or Zmegac. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Žmegač? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,032,007th most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,866,991 people. The last name Žmegač occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Žmegač are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Croatia, where it is carried by 216 people, or 1 in 19,577. In Croatia Žmegač is primarily found in: Varaždin County, where 62 percent are found, Zagreb County, where 13 percent are found and Bjelovar-Bilogora County, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Croatia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 10 percent are found and Slovenia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Žmegać947/
Zmegac8922/
Çmega7390/
Smega7325/
Cmega736/
Shmega673/
Smeaga672/
Smegha671/
Smeega671/
Schmega620/
Schmiega5713/
Smiga55448/
Smego55144/
Šmiga55112/
Śmiga5511/
Smyga551/
Shmyga50467/
Smigaj50168/
Szmiga50165/
Szmyga5066/
Shmiga5043/
Chmyga5035/
Smigas5032/
Smigay5028/
Śmigaj502/
Chmiga502/
Śmigas502/
Smigat501/
Smaiga501/
Shmego501/

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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
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  • 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 Žmegač
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