Slovenian Last Names

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Slovenian Last Names

  1. ErženNumber 136 among family names in Slovenia: 1,143 people in the 2026 table.
  2. HribarNumber 19 among family names in Slovenia: 2,964 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “from the hill”.
  3. LavričNumber 114 among family names in Slovenia: 1,225 people in the 2026 table.
  4. ŽibertNumber 124 among family names in Slovenia: 1,179 people in the 2026 table.
  5. ZverNumber 144 among family names in Slovenia: 1,120 people in the 2026 table.

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These Slovenian last names are the 200 most common family names in Slovenia, from the statistical office’s 2026 table. Novak is first with 10,510 people and Horvat second with 9,037. Each card gives the rank and the number.

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Place in the count

The dropdown under the button keeps one band of the count: ranks 1 to 10, 11 to 50, 51 to 100 or 101 to 200. The list under the tool prints all 200 from A to Ž, each with its rank.

Slovenian endings

Under More filters, Ending keeps the 35 names in -ič (Kovačič, Zupančič), the 18 in -nik (Potočnik, Kotnik), the 24 in -ar (Mlakar, Hribar), the 10 in -ec (Korošec), the 3 in -šek (Gajšek, Podgoršek, Zakrajšek) or the 21 in -ić, the spelling of neighboring languages, as in Kovačević.

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  • 34 cards carry a meaning; the others give the rank and the number alone.
  • Names with the same number of people share a rank, as Krasniqi and Petrič do at 36.

Questions and answers

What is the most common Slovenian last name?

Novak, with 10,510 people in the statistical office’s 2026 table. Horvat is second with 9,037, then Kovačič with 5,395, Krajnc with 5,216 and Zupančič with 4,834.

What do Slovenian last names mean?

Many name a trade, a place or an animal. Kovač is the word for a blacksmith and Kovačič adds -ič to it; Wikipedia’s table glosses Golob as pigeon, Kos as blackbird, Oblak as cloud and Krajnc as from Carniola.

What does the last name Novak mean?

Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses Novak as new man, a name from a newly established farm. It is the most common family name in Slovenia.

Why do some names on the list end in -ić?

Slovene spells the ending -ič, as in Kovačič and Božič. The 21 names in -ić, such as Kovačević and Petrović, keep the spelling of Serbo-Croatian. The office’s table lists family names carried in Slovenia, whatever their origin.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS), which publishes the number of people and the rank of family names each year. These are the figures of its 2026 table. Source: SURS.

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Slovenian last names 200

  • Ambrožič Number 187 among family names in Slovenia: 934 people in the 2026 table.
  • Avdić Number 197 among family names in Slovenia: 911 people in the 2026 table.
  • Babić Number 146 among family names in Slovenia: 1,112 people in the 2026 table.
  • Babič Number 50 among family names in Slovenia: 1,701 people in the 2026 table.
  • Bajc Number 194 among family names in Slovenia: 913 people in the 2026 table.
  • Begić Number 110 among family names in Slovenia: 1,251 people in the 2026 table.
  • Bergant Number 170 among family names in Slovenia: 983 people in the 2026 table.
  • Berisha Number 137 among family names in Slovenia: 1,142 people in the 2026 table.
  • Bevc Number 184 among family names in Slovenia: 939 people in the 2026 table.
  • Bezjak Number 92 among family names in Slovenia: 1,343 people in the 2026 table.
  • Bizjak Number 17 among family names in Slovenia: 3,047 people in the 2026 table.
  • Blatnik Number 79 among family names in Slovenia: 1,451 people in the 2026 table.
  • Blažič Number 145 among family names in Slovenia: 1,113 people in the 2026 table.
  • Bogataj Number 99 among family names in Slovenia: 1,301 people in the 2026 table.
  • Božič Number 14 among family names in Slovenia: 3,206 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “Christmas”.
  • Bregar Number 151 among family names in Slovenia: 1,075 people in the 2026 table.
  • Breznik Number 58 among family names in Slovenia: 1,626 people in the 2026 table.
  • Bukovec Number 169 among family names in Slovenia: 984 people in the 2026 table.
  • Čeh Number 96 among family names in Slovenia: 1,325 people in the 2026 table.
  • Cerar Number 81 among family names in Slovenia: 1,419 people in the 2026 table.
  • Černe Number 80 among family names in Slovenia: 1,427 people in the 2026 table.
  • Čuk Number 164 among family names in Slovenia: 997 people in the 2026 table.
  • Cvetko Number 179 among family names in Slovenia: 961 people in the 2026 table.
  • Debeljak Number 111 among family names in Slovenia: 1,242 people in the 2026 table.
  • Dedić Number 196 among family names in Slovenia: 912 people in the 2026 table.
  • Delić Number 162 among family names in Slovenia: 1,001 people in the 2026 table.
  • Demšar Number 131 among family names in Slovenia: 1,153 people in the 2026 table.
  • Dizdarević Number 125 among family names in Slovenia: 1,174 people in the 2026 table.
  • Dolenc Number 57 among family names in Slovenia: 1,640 people in the 2026 table.
  • Dolinar Number 78 among family names in Slovenia: 1,460 people in the 2026 table.
  • Erjavec Number 45 among family names in Slovenia: 1,736 people in the 2026 table.
  • Eržen Number 136 among family names in Slovenia: 1,143 people in the 2026 table.
  • Filipič Number 161 among family names in Slovenia: 1,004 people in the 2026 table.
  • Fras Number 86 among family names in Slovenia: 1,387 people in the 2026 table.
  • Furlan Number 64 among family names in Slovenia: 1,563 people in the 2026 table.
  • Gajšek Number 155 among family names in Slovenia: 1,034 people in the 2026 table.
  • Gashi Number 46 among family names in Slovenia: 1,728 people in the 2026 table.
  • Godec Number 165 among family names in Slovenia: 994 people in the 2026 table.
  • Golob Number 11 among family names in Slovenia: 3,640 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “pigeon”.
  • Gomboc Number 189 among family names in Slovenia: 932 people in the 2026 table.
  • Gorenc Number 138 among family names in Slovenia: 1,137 people in the 2026 table.
  • Gorjup Number 158 among family names in Slovenia: 1,012 people in the 2026 table.
  • Gregorič Number 89 among family names in Slovenia: 1,372 people in the 2026 table. From the first name Gregor and the ending -ič.
  • Hadžić Number 107 among family names in Slovenia: 1,255 people in the 2026 table.
  • Hafner Number 175 among family names in Slovenia: 969 people in the 2026 table.
  • Halilović Number 121 among family names in Slovenia: 1,187 people in the 2026 table.
  • Hočevar Number 25 among family names in Slovenia: 2,708 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “from Kočevje or from Gottschee County”.
  • Hodžić Number 42 among family names in Slovenia: 1,776 people in the 2026 table.
  • Horvat Number 2 among family names in Slovenia: 9,037 people in the 2026 table. From an older form of Hrvat (“Croat”).
  • Hozjan Number 153 among family names in Slovenia: 1,047 people in the 2026 table.
  • Hren Number 82 among family names in Slovenia: 1,418 people in the 2026 table.
  • Hribar Number 19 among family names in Slovenia: 2,964 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “from the hill”.
  • Hribernik Number 122 among family names in Slovenia: 1,185 people in the 2026 table.
  • Hrovat Number 39 among family names in Slovenia: 1,881 people in the 2026 table. From Hrvat (“Croat”).
  • Ilić Number 83 among family names in Slovenia: 1,405 people in the 2026 table.
  • Ivančič Number 120 among family names in Slovenia: 1,189 people in the 2026 table.
  • Jamnik Number 150 among family names in Slovenia: 1,080 people in the 2026 table.
  • Janežič Number 76 among family names in Slovenia: 1,465 people in the 2026 table. From the first name Janez and the ending -ič.
  • Jarc Number 116 among family names in Slovenia: 1,205 people in the 2026 table.
  • Javornik Number 149 among family names in Slovenia: 1,093 people in the 2026 table.
  • Jazbec Number 141 among family names in Slovenia: 1,132 people in the 2026 table.
  • Jelen Number 73 among family names in Slovenia: 1,479 people in the 2026 table.
  • Jenko Number 68 among family names in Slovenia: 1,527 people in the 2026 table.
  • Jereb Number 52 among family names in Slovenia: 1,679 people in the 2026 table. From jereb (“grouse”).
  • Jerman Number 53 among family names in Slovenia: 1,672 people in the 2026 table.
  • Jovanović Number 62 among family names in Slovenia: 1,603 people in the 2026 table.
  • Jug Number 100 among family names in Slovenia: 1,300 people in the 2026 table.
  • Kastelic Number 22 among family names in Slovenia: 2,816 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “from a castle”.
  • Kavčič Number 20 among family names in Slovenia: 2,850 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “weaver”.
  • Klemenčič Number 30 among family names in Slovenia: 2,321 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “son of Klemen”.
  • Knez Number 33 among family names in Slovenia: 2,154 people in the 2026 table. From knez (“prince”).
  • Kobal Number 97 among family names in Slovenia: 1,312 people in the 2026 table.
  • Kočevar Number 154 among family names in Slovenia: 1,036 people in the 2026 table.
  • Kocjančič Number 103 among family names in Slovenia: 1,268 people in the 2026 table.
  • Kodrič Number 105 among family names in Slovenia: 1,262 people in the 2026 table.
  • Kokalj Number 88 among family names in Slovenia: 1,374 people in the 2026 table.
  • Kokol Number 162 among family names in Slovenia: 1,001 people in the 2026 table.
  • Kolar Number 24 among family names in Slovenia: 2,720 people in the 2026 table.
  • Kolarič Number 107 among family names in Slovenia: 1,255 people in the 2026 table.
  • Kolenc Number 102 among family names in Slovenia: 1,274 people in the 2026 table.
  • Koren Number 29 among family names in Slovenia: 2,463 people in the 2026 table. From koren (“root”).
  • Korošec Number 15 among family names in Slovenia: 3,162 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “from Carinthia”.
  • Kos Number 10 among family names in Slovenia: 3,676 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “blackbird”.
  • Kosi Number 118 among family names in Slovenia: 1,197 people in the 2026 table.
  • Košir Number 28 among family names in Slovenia: 2,601 people in the 2026 table.
  • Kotnik Number 18 among family names in Slovenia: 3,020 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “from a remote area (literally, from a corner)”.
  • Kovač Number 6 among family names in Slovenia: 4,503 people in the 2026 table. From kovač (“blacksmith”).
  • Kovačević Number 32 among family names in Slovenia: 2,155 people in the 2026 table.
  • Kovačič Number 3 among family names in Slovenia: 5,395 people in the 2026 table. From kovač (“blacksmith”) and the ending -ič.
  • Koželj Number 166 among family names in Slovenia: 992 people in the 2026 table.
  • Krajnc Number 4 among family names in Slovenia: 5,216 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “from Carniola”.
  • Kralj Number 12 among family names in Slovenia: 3,327 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “king”.
  • Kramar Number 156 among family names in Slovenia: 1,026 people in the 2026 table.
  • Kramberger Number 129 among family names in Slovenia: 1,162 people in the 2026 table.
  • Kranjc Number 56 among family names in Slovenia: 1,654 people in the 2026 table.
  • Krasniqi Number 36 among family names in Slovenia: 1,992 people in the 2026 table.
  • Kristan Number 191 among family names in Slovenia: 929 people in the 2026 table.
  • Krivec Number 115 among family names in Slovenia: 1,214 people in the 2026 table.
  • Kuhar Number 43 among family names in Slovenia: 1,770 people in the 2026 table.
  • Kumer Number 180 among family names in Slovenia: 955 people in the 2026 table.
  • Lah Number 41 among family names in Slovenia: 1,783 people in the 2026 table. A younger form of Vlah (“Vlach, foreigner”).
  • Lavrič Number 114 among family names in Slovenia: 1,225 people in the 2026 table.
  • Lazar Number 117 among family names in Slovenia: 1,199 people in the 2026 table.
  • Leban Number 90 among family names in Slovenia: 1,361 people in the 2026 table.
  • Lebar Number 180 among family names in Slovenia: 955 people in the 2026 table.
  • Lesjak Number 63 among family names in Slovenia: 1,598 people in the 2026 table.
  • Leskovar Number 123 among family names in Slovenia: 1,184 people in the 2026 table.
  • Lešnik Number 92 among family names in Slovenia: 1,343 people in the 2026 table.
  • Likar Number 134 among family names in Slovenia: 1,152 people in the 2026 table.
  • Logar Number 69 among family names in Slovenia: 1,524 people in the 2026 table.
  • Maček Number 84 among family names in Slovenia: 1,398 people in the 2026 table.
  • Majcen Number 59 among family names in Slovenia: 1,621 people in the 2026 table.
  • Marković Number 71 among family names in Slovenia: 1,502 people in the 2026 table.
  • Marolt Number 72 among family names in Slovenia: 1,498 people in the 2026 table.
  • Mavrič Number 191 among family names in Slovenia: 929 people in the 2026 table.
  • Medved Number 34 among family names in Slovenia: 2,097 people in the 2026 table.
  • Meglič Number 128 among family names in Slovenia: 1,165 people in the 2026 table.
  • Mihelič Number 84 among family names in Slovenia: 1,398 people in the 2026 table.
  • Miklavčič Number 119 among family names in Slovenia: 1,195 people in the 2026 table.
  • Mlakar Number 8 among family names in Slovenia: 3,847 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “near a puddle”.
  • Mlinar Number 190 among family names in Slovenia: 931 people in the 2026 table.
  • Močnik Number 60 among family names in Slovenia: 1,616 people in the 2026 table.
  • Mohorič Number 160 among family names in Slovenia: 1,009 people in the 2026 table.
  • Morina Number 198 among family names in Slovenia: 903 people in the 2026 table.
  • Mrak Number 107 among family names in Slovenia: 1,255 people in the 2026 table.
  • Nemec Number 112 among family names in Slovenia: 1,227 people in the 2026 table. From a Slavic word for a foreigner or a German.
  • Nikolić Number 87 among family names in Slovenia: 1,379 people in the 2026 table.
  • Novak Number 1 among family names in Slovenia: 10,510 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “new man; from a newly established farm”.
  • Oblak Number 23 among family names in Slovenia: 2,762 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “cloud”.
  • Pavlič Number 44 among family names in Slovenia: 1,769 people in the 2026 table.
  • Pavlin Number 66 among family names in Slovenia: 1,533 people in the 2026 table.
  • Pavlović Number 143 among family names in Slovenia: 1,127 people in the 2026 table.
  • Pečnik Number 66 among family names in Slovenia: 1,533 people in the 2026 table.
  • Perko Number 61 among family names in Slovenia: 1,610 people in the 2026 table.
  • Petek Number 26 among family names in Slovenia: 2,681 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “Friday”.
  • Petrič Number 36 among family names in Slovenia: 1,992 people in the 2026 table.
  • Petrović Number 40 among family names in Slovenia: 1,796 people in the 2026 table.
  • Petrovič Number 148 among family names in Slovenia: 1,094 people in the 2026 table.
  • Pintar Number 77 among family names in Slovenia: 1,461 people in the 2026 table.
  • Pintarič Number 176 among family names in Slovenia: 966 people in the 2026 table.
  • Pirc Number 38 among family names in Slovenia: 1,933 people in the 2026 table.
  • Podgoršek Number 168 among family names in Slovenia: 985 people in the 2026 table.
  • Pogačnik Number 172 among family names in Slovenia: 974 people in the 2026 table.
  • Popović Number 95 among family names in Slovenia: 1,331 people in the 2026 table.
  • Potočnik Number 7 among family names in Slovenia: 4,494 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “near a stream”.
  • Povše Number 174 among family names in Slovenia: 970 people in the 2026 table.
  • Primožič Number 104 among family names in Slovenia: 1,263 people in the 2026 table.
  • Pušnik Number 55 among family names in Slovenia: 1,665 people in the 2026 table.
  • Rajh Number 178 among family names in Slovenia: 964 people in the 2026 table.
  • Ramšak Number 152 among family names in Slovenia: 1,070 people in the 2026 table.
  • Resnik Number 157 among family names in Slovenia: 1,018 people in the 2026 table.
  • Ribič Number 70 among family names in Slovenia: 1,510 people in the 2026 table.
  • Rožič Number 186 among family names in Slovenia: 935 people in the 2026 table.
  • Rozman Number 21 among family names in Slovenia: 2,835 people in the 2026 table. From German Rossman.
  • Rožman Number 172 among family names in Slovenia: 974 people in the 2026 table.
  • Rupnik Number 51 among family names in Slovenia: 1,692 people in the 2026 table.
  • Rus Number 92 among family names in Slovenia: 1,343 people in the 2026 table.
  • Rutar Number 167 among family names in Slovenia: 987 people in the 2026 table.
  • Savić Number 101 among family names in Slovenia: 1,295 people in the 2026 table.
  • Sever Number 54 among family names in Slovenia: 1,671 people in the 2026 table.
  • Simonič Number 147 among family names in Slovenia: 1,099 people in the 2026 table.
  • Šinkovec Number 142 among family names in Slovenia: 1,130 people in the 2026 table.
  • Sitar Number 131 among family names in Slovenia: 1,153 people in the 2026 table.
  • Skok Number 130 among family names in Slovenia: 1,156 people in the 2026 table.
  • Šmid Number 177 among family names in Slovenia: 965 people in the 2026 table.
  • Stanković Number 185 among family names in Slovenia: 936 people in the 2026 table.
  • Stojanović Number 112 among family names in Slovenia: 1,227 people in the 2026 table.
  • Stopar Number 138 among family names in Slovenia: 1,137 people in the 2026 table.
  • Sušnik Number 159 among family names in Slovenia: 1,011 people in the 2026 table.
  • Tavčar Number 106 among family names in Slovenia: 1,257 people in the 2026 table.
  • Tomažič Number 49 among family names in Slovenia: 1,705 people in the 2026 table.
  • Tomšič Number 75 among family names in Slovenia: 1,470 people in the 2026 table.
  • Toplak Number 135 among family names in Slovenia: 1,145 people in the 2026 table.
  • Tratnik Number 182 among family names in Slovenia: 948 people in the 2026 table.
  • Trček Number 198 among family names in Slovenia: 903 people in the 2026 table.
  • Turk Number 13 among family names in Slovenia: 3,227 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “Turk”.
  • Uršič Number 48 among family names in Slovenia: 1,725 people in the 2026 table.
  • Vidic Number 65 among family names in Slovenia: 1,560 people in the 2026 table.
  • Vidmar Number 9 among family names in Slovenia: 3,724 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “farmer belonging to the ruler’s estate”.
  • Vidovič Number 98 among family names in Slovenia: 1,305 people in the 2026 table.
  • Vodopivec Number 140 among family names in Slovenia: 1,133 people in the 2026 table.
  • Volk Number 170 among family names in Slovenia: 983 people in the 2026 table. From volk (“wolf”).
  • Vovk Number 127 among family names in Slovenia: 1,168 people in the 2026 table.
  • Vuković Number 193 among family names in Slovenia: 916 people in the 2026 table.
  • Zadravec Number 91 among family names in Slovenia: 1,350 people in the 2026 table.
  • Žagar Number 27 among family names in Slovenia: 2,665 people in the 2026 table.
  • Zajc Number 31 among family names in Slovenia: 2,186 people in the 2026 table.
  • Zakrajšek Number 183 among family names in Slovenia: 942 people in the 2026 table.
  • Založnik Number 188 among family names in Slovenia: 933 people in the 2026 table.
  • Železnik Number 131 among family names in Slovenia: 1,153 people in the 2026 table.
  • Zemljič Number 200 among family names in Slovenia: 902 people in the 2026 table.
  • Žibert Number 124 among family names in Slovenia: 1,179 people in the 2026 table.
  • Žižek Number 126 among family names in Slovenia: 1,171 people in the 2026 table.
  • Žnidaršič Number 74 among family names in Slovenia: 1,471 people in the 2026 table.
  • Zorko Number 46 among family names in Slovenia: 1,728 people in the 2026 table.
  • Zorman Number 194 among family names in Slovenia: 913 people in the 2026 table.
  • Zupan Number 16 among family names in Slovenia: 3,050 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “mayor (originally, village elder)”.
  • Zupanc Number 35 among family names in Slovenia: 2,012 people in the 2026 table.
  • Zupančič Number 5 among family names in Slovenia: 4,834 people in the 2026 table. Wikipedia’s table of common surnames glosses it as “son of a farmer or the village elder”.
  • Zver Number 144 among family names in Slovenia: 1,120 people in the 2026 table.
How this list was compiled

The 200 most common family names of Slovenia in the 2026 column of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia's open tables 'Family names, Slovenia, annually' (four tables, A to F, G to L, M to R and S to Ž, in the SiStat database, https://pxweb.stat.si/SiStat/en; read 3 October 2026), each with the rank and the number of people the office gives. Source: SURS. The office lets its data be used freely when it is named as the source (https://www.stat.si/StatWeb/en/StaticPages/Index/Copyright, read the same day). The rule is the office's rank and nothing else: every name ranked 1 to 200 is here, in the office's spelling, whatever language it comes from, so the list also holds names in -ić and other names that came to Slovenia with people from elsewhere; names with the same number share a rank. A meaning is printed on 34 cards only: where the name's Slovene entry in English Wiktionary gives an etymology with a gloss (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Slovene_surnames, CC BY-SA 4.0), in our short wording, or where the Slovenia table of English Wikipedia's 'List of most common surnames in European countries' glosses it (quoted as the table's gloss). The other cards carry the count alone; one dictionary gloss that is an unkind word was not printed. A meaning is what a dictionary or encyclopedia records for the surname in general, not for any one family. The sorting by ending is by spelling alone. Counted on 3 October 2026, by spelling with accents ignored: 56 of 200 names (28.0 in 100) also stand in another list of this site; 37 on the Croatian list. The list is fixed by the office's ranks, so no name was taken off for that. Licence: Ranks and numbers: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS), free to use with the source named. Meanings: English Wiktionary and English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). The wording of the cards is our own.