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 is borne by more people in Slovakia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Riska, Řiská or Říská. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Riška? popularity and diffusion
The last name Riška is the 1,118,459th most numerous surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. Riška occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Riška reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.
The surname Riška is most widely held in Slovakia, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 38,118. In Slovakia it is primarily found in: Trnava Region, where 59 percent reside, Bratislava Region, where 19 percent reside and Nitra Region, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Slovakia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 35 percent reside and Lithuania, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Riška
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