Bišof Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Bišof Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bišof Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia821:51,5689,854
Czechia221:483,34051,393
Serbia131:549,61120,712
Slovenia61:414,61218,975
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546

The alternate forms: Bisof (75) are calculated separately.

Bišof Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bišof is found most frequently in Croatia. It can also occur in the variant forms: Bisof. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bišof? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,620,164th most commonly used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bišof are found; 82 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 82 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Croatia, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 51,568. In Croatia it is most common in: City of Zagreb, where 52 percent are found, Osijek-Baranja County, where 13 percent are found and Sisak-Moslavina County, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Croatia it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 18 percent are found and Serbia, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bisof9375/
Bišofs911/
Bišofová7722/
Biszof73201/
Bishof73175/
Bichof73115/
Bisofs7365/
Bizoff7328/
Bisofe734/
Baisof732/
Biosaf731/
Bisoff731/
Bischof6719,560/
Bishoff672,056/
Bichoff67228/
Bichofe6753/
Bitsoff6727/
Biszoff6715/
Bishofs676/
Bishopf672/
Bisshof671/
Biszoft671/
Bishhof671/
Baisoff671/
Bishofe670/

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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 Bišof
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