Iš Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Iš Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iš Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia151:708,89864,682
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813

The alternate forms: Is (27,989), (4,725) & Ís (1) are calculated separately.

Iš Last Name Facts

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

The last name Iš is more commonly found in Czechia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Is, or Ís. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Iš? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,772,636th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Iš is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Iš are found; 88 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 88 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in Czechia, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 708,898. In Czechia Iš is mostly concentrated in: South Moravian Region, where 93 percent reside and Ústí nad Labem Region, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Czechia this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Lithuania, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Is8327,989/
834,725/
Iša8037/
I677,588,136/
Goiš6749/
Jiše671/
Ís671/
Išči671/

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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 Iš
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