Riško Surname

902,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 296 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Riško Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Riško Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia2231:23,9303,970
Czechia531:200,63128,987
Estonia191:69,56912,771
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Risko (1,538) & Riskó (388) are calculated separately.

Riško Last Name Facts

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

The last name Riško is most common in Slovakia. It can also be found as: Risko or Riskó. Click here for further possible spellings of Riško.

How Common Is The Last Name Riško? popularity and diffusion

Riško is the 902,012th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 24,620,088 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Riško are found; 93 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 93 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

Riško is most commonly occurring in Slovakia, where it is borne by 223 people, or 1 in 23,930. In Slovakia Riško is most prevalent in: Prešov Region, where 71 percent reside, Košice Region, where 13 percent reside and Trenčín Region, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Slovakia it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 18 percent reside and Estonia, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Risko931,538/
Hriško9118/
Riskó87388/
Rizko80953/
Ričko80261/
Riška80217/
Reško8092/
Ryško802/
Rićko802/
Rishko73480/
Riskou73473/
Rizkou73376/
Hreško73192/
Roisko73191/
Hrisko73122/
Riskoi73105/
Riskos7397/
Riczko7367/
Riszko7351/
Hričko7320/
Riskoa7313/
Riskop7312/
Riesko734/
Reisko734/
Riskoh733/
Raisko731/
Riezko731/
Rissko731/
Rizkot731/
Rizkos731/
Riskco731/
Riskoy731/
Raizko731/
Hritsko6789/
Rischko6778/
Hriczko6775/
Ritchko6736/
Hriszko6725/
Ritskos6715/
Hriscko6714/
Rishkou679/
Hrishko678/
Hriskos674/
Rißkopp671/
Ritskou671/
Hriesko671/
Ridskoy671/
Reiscko670/

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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 Riško
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