Joška Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Joška Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 25 | 1:213,458 | 34,691 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Montenegro | 5 | 1:127,913 | 4,949 |
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.
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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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