Pospišek Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Pospišek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pospišek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia181:590,74858,011
Serbia111:649,54122,440
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143

The alternate forms: Pospíšek (155) & Pospisek (42) are calculated separately.

Pospišek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pospišek is more frequently found in Czechia than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Pospíšek or Pospisek. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pospišek? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,543,123rd most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pospišek live; 58 percent live in Eastern Europe and 58 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The last name Pospišek is most frequently used in Czechia, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 590,748. In Czechia it is primarily concentrated in: Moravian-Silesian Region, where 100 percent live. Other than Czechia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 35 percent live and Croatia, where 6 percent live.

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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 Pospišek
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