Miš Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Miš Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Miš Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia541:78,30713,553
Bosnia and Herzegovina301:117,8809,113
Serbia101:714,49524,752
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Mis (17,396), Miś (52), Miş (11), Mís (3) & Mîş (1) are calculated separately.

Miš Last Name Facts

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

The last name Miš occurs most in Croatia. It may also occur as: Mis, Miś, Miş, Mís or Mîş. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Miš? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,839,022nd most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Miš live; 95 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 95 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Miš is most widespread in Croatia, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 78,307. In Croatia it is most frequent in: Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 37 percent reside, Split-Dalmatia County, where 17 percent reside and Dubrovnik-Neretva County, where 15 percent reside. Other than Croatia Miš occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 30 percent reside and Serbia, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mis8917,396/
Miś8952/
Miş8911/
Mišt8622/
Mitš868/
Mís783/
Mîş781/
Mix6712,751/
Mic674,440/
Mij673,478/
Miz67806/
Miß67142/
Mišova6798/
Meš6717/

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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 Miš
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