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.

DNA test information

Joška Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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

The last name Joška is found in Slovakia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Joska or Jóska. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Joška? popularity and diffusion

Joška is the 3,055,934th most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Joška live; 88 percent live in Eastern Europe and 88 percent live in West Slavic Europe. Joška is also the 775,413th most common given name worldwide, borne by 142 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Slovakia, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 213,458. In Slovakia it is primarily concentrated in: Banská Bystrica Region, where 56 percent live and Košice Region, where 44 percent live. Not including Slovakia it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 27 percent live and Montenegro, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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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