Biskas Surname

1,092,155th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 225 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Biskas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Biskas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece2211:50,1358,269
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Biskas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Biskas is found in Greece more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Biskas click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Biskas? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,092,155th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Biskas live; 98 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The surname Biskas is most prevalent in Greece, where it is borne by 221 people, or 1 in 50,135. In Greece it is primarily concentrated in: Central Macedonia, where 72 percent reside, Western Macedonia, where 12 percent reside and Thessaly, where 10 percent reside. Not including Greece it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Biskash921/
Biskos83120/
Biscas8333/
Beskas8313/
Biescas771,035/
Biskach7723/
Bitskos774/
Biscais773/
Viskays771/
Biskosz771/
Bioscas771/
Biscasse7116/
Veiskais714/
Beskos67173/
Biscos67133/
Bescas6711/
Veskas676/
Viscas676/
Biskosová673/

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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 Biskas
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