Most common surnames in Slovenia

This table shows the 100 most common surnames in Slovenia, ranked by number of bearers. Data comes from official censuses and civil registries.

#	Surname	Bearers	Share
1	Novak	12.126	4.9%
2	Horvat	10.180	4.1%
3	Krajnc	7.671	3.1%
4	Kovač	6.364	2.6%
5	Korošec	4.507	1.8%
6	Mlakar	4.166	1.7%
7	Kos	4.135	1.7%
8	Vidmar	4.126	1.7%
9	Golob	4.088	1.7%
10	žagar	3.807	1.5%
11	Hočevar	3.784	1.5%
12	Košir	3.740	1.5%
13	Turk	3.724	1.5%
14	Kralj	3.637	1.5%
15	Zupan	3.506	1.4%
16	Bizjak	3.457	1.4%
17	Hribar	3.349	1.4%
18	Rozman	3.214	1.3%
19	Zajc	3.130	1.3%
20	Kotnik	3.047	1.2%
21	Oblak	3.007	1.2%
22	Petek	2.961	1.2%
23	Kolar	2.946	1.2%
24	Kastelic	2.853	1.2%
25	Zupanc	2.813	1.1%
26	Koren	2.752	1.1%
27	Babič	2.506	1%
28	Kranjc	2.401	1%
29	Medved	2.389	1%
30	Majcen	2.385	1%

31	Knez	2.364	1%
32	Pušnik	2.336	0.9%
33	Kovačević	2.280	0.9%
34	Dolenc	2.274	0.9%
35	Pirc	2.172	0.9%
36	Petrović	2.124	0.9%
37	Hrovat	2.063	0.8%
38	Lah	2.044	0.8%
39	Zadravec	2.023	0.8%
40	Kuhar	2.018	0.8%
41	Lešnik	1.995	0.8%
42	Bezjak	1.990	0.8%
43	Kokalj	1.951	0.8%
44	Jug	1.942	0.8%
45	Zorko	1.942	0.8%
46	Erjavec	1.915	0.8%
47	Sever	1.912	0.8%
48	Vidovič	1.893	0.8%
49	Jerman	1.886	0.8%
50	Jereb	1.873	0.8%
51	Bogataj	1.865	0.8%
52	Primožič	1.865	0.8%
53	Jovanović	1.807	0.7%
54	Kosi	1.788	0.7%
55	Hodžić	1.781	0.7%
56	Lesjak	1.776	0.7%
57	Furlan	1.773	0.7%
58	Lavrič	1.767	0.7%
59	Perko	1.761	0.7%
60	Logar	1.757	0.7%

61	žižek	1.750	0.7%
62	Marković	1.747	0.7%
63	Debeljak	1.746	0.7%
64	Jenko	1.745	0.7%
65	Krivec	1.739	0.7%
66	Pavlin	1.738	0.7%
67	Vodopivec	1.717	0.7%
68	Zver	1.709	0.7%
69	Rupnik	1.707	0.7%
70	Jarc	1.691	0.7%
71	Kramberger	1.689	0.7%
72	Toplak	1.688	0.7%
73	Breznik	1.687	0.7%
74	Ilić	1.665	0.7%
75	Hribernik	1.661	0.7%
76	Jazbec	1.654	0.7%
77	žibert	1.653	0.7%
78	Marolt	1.637	0.7%
79	Vidic	1.634	0.7%
80	Eržen	1.614	0.7%
81	Pintar	1.599	0.6%
82	Nikolić	1.591	0.6%
83	Simonič	1.588	0.6%
84	železnik	1.580	0.6%
85	Demšar	1.579	0.6%
86	Blažič	1.578	0.6%
87	Jelen	1.575	0.6%
88	Popović	1.571	0.6%
89	šinkovec	1.555	0.6%
90	Fras	1.547	0.6%

91	Dolinar	1.545	0.6%
92	Ramšak	1.538	0.6%
93	Hozjan	1.531	0.6%
94	Leban	1.529	0.6%
95	Cerar	1.522	0.6%
96	Hren	1.521	0.6%
97	Javornik	1.504	0.6%
98	Rus	1.497	0.6%
99	Blatnik	1.489	0.6%
100	Kobal	1.479	0.6%

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FAQs

What are the most common surnames in Slovenia?

According to our official census data, the most common surname in Slovenia is Novak, with 12.126. registered bearers. This table shows the 100 most frequent surnames in the country.

How many different surnames are registered in Slovenia?

Our database contains hundreds of surnames with a presence in Slovenia. This table shows the 100 most frequent.

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