Ríša Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Ríša Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ríša Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646

The alternate forms: Riša (45) & Risa (6,741) are calculated separately.

Ríša Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ríša is most common in Slovakia. It can also be rendered as a variant: Riša or Risa. For other potential spellings of Ríša click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ríša? popularity and diffusion

Ríša is the 7,117,718th most commonly held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Ríša is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Ríša reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Slovakia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 1,067,290. In Slovakia Ríša is most numerous in: Prešov Region, where 80 percent live and Žilina Region, where 20 percent live. Besides Slovakia Ríša is found in one country. It is also found in Czechia, where 29 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Riša9245/
Risa836,741/
Roša75208/
Raša7576/
Ryša7558/
Ruša7512/
Rýša751/
Rías751/
Hruša67245/
Hrůša6793/
Rušai6727/
Rouša6714/
Raíza673/
Rízia672/
Raísa671/
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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 Ríša
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