Riška Surname
Approximately 217 people bear this surname
Riška Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 140 | 1:38,118 | 7,056 |
| Czechia | 75 | 1:141,780 | 22,190 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
The alternate forms: Riska (6,491), Řiská (11) & Říská (3) are calculated separately.
Riška Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riška Come From? nationality or country of origin
Riška occurs more in Slovakia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Riska, Řiská or Říská. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Riška? popularity and diffusion
Riška is the 1,118,459th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Riška are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
This surname is most frequently used in Slovakia, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 38,118. In Slovakia it is most numerous in: Trnava Region, where 59 percent live, Bratislava Region, where 19 percent live and Nitra Region, where 12 percent live. Beside Slovakia Riška occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 35 percent live and Lithuania, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Riška
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis