Surnames in Slovenia
Your last name gives you a sense of identity and helps you discover who you are and where you come.
Last names have changed during the history. So it is important to discover the origin surname to give the answer of meaning.
This overview should help by genealogy research.
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A list of 200 most common Slovenian surnames:
| Number | Surname | Number of Families |
| 1 | Novak | 11.196 |
| 2 | Horvat | 9.762 |
| 3 | Kovačič | 5.640 |
| 4 | Krajnc | 5.585 |
| 5 | Zupančič | 5.019 |
| 6 | Kovač | 4.729 |
| 7 | Potočnik | 4.729 |
| 8 | Mlakar | 3.957 |
| 9 | Kos | 3.905 |
| 10 | Vidmar | 3.885 |
| 11 | Golob | 3.855 |
| 12 | Turk | 3.506 |
| 13 | Božič | 3.421 |
| 14 | Kralj | 3.418 |
| 15 | Korošec | 3.285 |
| 16 | Zupan | 3.256 |
| 17 | Bizjak | 3.209 |
| 18 | Hribar | 3.136 |
| 19 | Kotnik | 3.069 |
| 20 | Kavčič | 3.003 |
| 21 | Rozman | 2.992 |
| 22 | Kastelic | 2.873 |
| 23 | Oblak | 2.841 |
| 24 | Žagar | 2.828 |
| 25 | Petek | 2.821 |
| 26 | Hočevar | 2.808 |
| 27 | Kolar | 2.807 |
| 28 | Košir | 2.738 |
| 29 | Koren | 2.598 |
| 30 | Klemenčič | 2.399 |
| 31 | Zajc | 2.315 |
| 32 | Medved | 2.257 |
| 33 | Knez | 2.241 |
| 34 | Petrič | 2.055 |
| 35 | Zupanc | 2.048 |
| 36 | Pirc | 2.015 |
| 37 | Hrovat | 1.959 |
| 38 | Pavlič | 1.934 |
| 39 | Kuhar | 1.906 |
| 40 | Lah | 1.894 |
| 41 | Uršič | 1.833 |
| 42 | Zorko | 1.823 |
| 43 | Tomažič | 1.817 |
| 44 | Sever | 1.812 |
| 45 | Erjavec | 1.802 |
| 46 | Babič | 1.799 |
| 47 | Jerman | 1.785 |
| 48 | Majcen | 1.769 |
| 49 | Jereb | 1.767 |
| 50 | Pušnik | 1.746 |
| 51 | Kranjc | 1.726 |
| 52 | Rupnik | 1.719 |
| 53 | Breznik | 1.699 |
| 54 | Lesjak | 1.682 |
| 55 | Perko | 1.670 |
| 56 | Furlan | 1.656 |
| 57 | Dolenc | 1.653 |
| 58 | Pečnik | 1.649 |
| 59 | Vidic | 1.646 |
| 60 | Pavlin | 1.642 |
| 61 | Močnik | 1.632 |
| 62 | Logar | 1.617 |
| 63 | Jenko | 1.615 |
| 64 | Ribič | 1.601 |
| 65 | Tomšič | 1.594 |
| 66 | Kovačević | 1.584 |
| 67 | Žnidaršič | 1.571 |
| 68 | Janežič | 1.564 |
| 69 | Maček | 1.533 |
| 70 | Marolt | 1.526 |
| 71 | Jelen | 1.518 |
| 72 | Černe | 1.517 |
| 73 | Pintar | 1.507 |
| 74 | Blatnik | 1.500 |
| 75 | Gregorič | 1.486 |
| 76 | Fras | 1.474 |
| 77 | Zadravec | 1.471 |
| 78 | Kokalj | 1.463 |
| 79 | Hren | 1.462 |
| 80 | Lešnik | 1.461 |
| 81 | Mihelič | 1.460 |
| 82 | Bezjak | 1.449 |
| 83 | Petrović | 1.449 |
| 84 | Leban | 1.444 |
| 85 | Dolinar | 1.442 |
| 86 | Cerar | 1.436 |
| 87 | Jug | 1.430 |
| 88 | Čeh | 1.423 |
| 89 | Vidovič | 1.416 |
| 90 | Rus | 1.389 |
| 91 | Kobal | 1.387 |
| 92 | Kocjančič | 1.380 |
| 93 | Primožič | 1.359 |
| 94 | Bogataj | 1.356 |
| 95 | Kolarič | 1.343 |
| 96 | Kolenc | 1.342 |
| 97 | Lavrič | 1.337 |
| 98 | Lazar | 1.321 |
| 99 | Kodrič | 1.312 |
| 100 | Nemec | 1.312 |
| 101 | Kosi | 1.305 |
| 102 | Mrak | 1.299 |
| 103 | Debeljak | 1.283 |
| 104 | Žižek | 1.280 |
| 105 | Tavčar | 1.278 |
| 106 | Ivančič | 1.255 |
| 107 | Žibert | 1.255 |
| 108 | Krivec | 1.245 |
| 109 | Vovk | 1.240 |
| 110 | Zver | 1.240 |
| 111 | Jarc | 1.238 |
| 112 | Likar | 1.233 |
| 113 | Vodopivec | 1.232 |
| 114 | Kramberger | 1.224 |
| 115 | Miklavčič | 1.223 |
| 116 | Toplak | 1.222 |
| 117 | Hribernik | 1.220 |
| 118 | Hodžić | 1.212 |
| 119 | Gorenc | 1.210 |
| 120 | Jovanović | 1.209 |
| 121 | Skok | 1.207 |
| 122 | Stopar | 1.192 |
| 123 | Leskovar | 1.191 |
| 124 | Meglič | 1.191 |
| 125 | Eržen | 1.189 |
| 126 | Marković | 1.189 |
| 127 | Jazbec | 1.188 |
| 128 | Petrovič | 1.185 |
| 129 | Sitar | 1.181 |
| 130 | Simonič | 1.178 |
| 131 | Železnik | 1.176 |
| 132 | Blažič | 1.172 |
| 133 | Šinkovec | 1.156 |
| 134 | Demšar | 1.152 |
| 135 | Ilić | 1.125 |
| 136 | Ramšak | 1.124 |
| 137 | Kočevar | 1.123 |
| 138 | Javornik | 1.120 |
| 139 | Jamnik | 1.117 |
| 140 | Filipič | 1.103 |
| 141 | Nikolić | 1.093 |
| 142 | Popović | 1.086 |
| 143 | Hozjan | 1.083 |
| 144 | Volk | 1.083 |
| 145 | Bregar | 1.074 |
| 146 | Bukovec | 1.070 |
| 147 | Čuk | 1.069 |
| 148 | Gorjup | 1.062 |
| 149 | Pintarič | 1.059 |
| 150 | Sušnik | 1.059 |
| 151 | Podgoršek | 1.055 |
| 152 | Kokol | 1.051 |
| 153 | Koželj | 1.047 |
| 154 | Rutar | 1.044 |
| 155 | Kramar | 1.043 |
| 156 | Mohorič | 1.040 |
| 157 | Rajh | 1.035 |
| 158 | Mavrič | 1.032 |
| 159 | Gomboc | 1.031 |
| 160 | Resnik | 1.031 |
| 161 | Gajšek | 1.028 |
| 162 | Šmid | 1.028 |
| 163 | Lebar | 1.026 |
| 164 | Godec | 1.022 |
| 165 | Pogačnik | 1.022 |
| 166 | Rožman | 1.018 |
| 167 | Bergant | 1.009 |
| 168 | Kumer | 1.003 |
| 169 | Hafner | 1.001 |
| 170 | Povše | 1.000 |
| 171 | Rožič | 994 |
| 172 | Bajc | 986 |
| 173 | Ambrožič | 984 |
| 174 | Zemljič | 984 |
| 175 | Savić | 980 |
| 176 | Cvetko | 979 |
| 177 | Mlinar | 978 |
| 178 | Bevc | 965 |
| 179 | Zakrajšek | 965 |
| 180 | Tratnik | 963 |
| 181 | Kristan | 962 |
| 182 | Markovič | 955 |
| 183 | Kalan | 954 |
| 184 | Pogačar | 944 |
| 185 | Humar | 943 |
| 186 | Zalokar | 940 |
| 187 | Kaučič | 937 |
| 188 | Zorman | 935 |
| 189 | Mlinarič | 934 |
| 190 | Trček | 934 |
| 191 | Jerič | 933 |
| 192 | Šuštar | 926 |
| 193 | Babić | 922 |
| 194 | Dolinšek | 921 |
| 195 | Založnik | 921 |
| 196 | Štrukelj | 919 |
| 197 | Gorišek | 918 |
| 198 | Pavlović | 913 |
| 199 | Rojc | 910 |
| 200 | Gruden | 906 |