Žálec Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Žálec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Žálec 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
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680

The alternate forms: Žalec (239) & Zalec (113) are calculated separately.

Žálec Last Name Facts

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

The last name Žálec is more commonly found in Czechia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Žalec or Zalec. Click here for further potential spellings of Žálec.

How Common Is The Last Name Žálec? popularity and diffusion

Žálec is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Žálec occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Žálec reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Czechia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 3,544,490. In Czechia it is most common in: Plzeň Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from Czechia Žálec exists in one country. It is also common in Slovakia, where 40 percent live.

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
Žalec93239/
Zalec87113/
Žilec8065/
Žálek8024/
Žulec8011/
Žaljec732/
Zálecz731/
Zsálecz678/
Žilecký678/
Zálecká678/
Žálcová675/
Žilecká675/
Zálecký673/
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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 Žálec
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