Firšt Surname

721,185th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 404 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Firšt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Firšt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia2031:20,8314,320
Slovenia1911:13,0243,117
Serbia91:793,88326,061
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532

The alternate forms: First (2,020) are calculated separately.

Firšt Last Name Facts

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

The last name Firšt has its highest incidence in Croatia. It can also appear in the variant forms: First. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Firšt? popularity and diffusion

It is the 721,185th most widely held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 18,038,480 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Firšt live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Firšt is most frequent in Croatia, where it is carried by 203 people, or 1 in 20,831. In Croatia it is mostly found in: City of Zagreb, where 33 percent are found, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 33 percent are found and Krapina-Zagorje County, where 23 percent are found. Other than Croatia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Slovenia, where 47 percent are found and Serbia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
First932,020/
Firzt803/
Firszt73839/
Fierst73750/
Firsht7359/
Fuirst7310/
Fierzt7310/
Firsst738/
Firzst737/
Firsth734/
Firsts734/
Firste734/
Firstz733/
Fircht731/
Pfirst730/
Feirst730/
Fiřt67218/
Fierszt675/
Firscht671/

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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 Firšt
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