Joška Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Montenegro

Joška Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Joška Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia251:213,45834,691
Czechia111:966,67976,885
Montenegro51:127,9134,949

The alternate forms: Joska (684) & Jóska (2) are calculated separately.

Joška (142) may also be a first name.

Joška Last Name Facts

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

Joška is more commonly found in Slovakia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Joska or Jóska. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Joška? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,055,934th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name Joška is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Joška reside; 88 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 88 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 775,413th most commonly used first name globally, held by 142 people.

The last name Joška is most widely held in Slovakia, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 213,458. In Slovakia it is most numerous in: Banská Bystrica Region, where 56 percent are found and Košice Region, where 44 percent are found. Excluding Slovakia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 27 percent are found and Montenegro, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Joska93684/
Jóska872/
Jaška80186/
Joško8049/
Jozka804/
Jotska738/
Joiska733/
Juoska733/
Joszka732/
Ajoska732/
Jojska731/
Joschka672/

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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 Joška
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