Spišek Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Spišek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spišek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801

The alternate forms: Spisek (38), Spíšek (8) & Špíšek (58) are calculated separately.

Spišek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spišek is more commonly found in Slovakia than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Spisek, Spíšek or Špíšek. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spišek? popularity and diffusion

Spišek is the 6,360,413th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Spišek live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Slovakia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 1,067,290. In Slovakia Spišek is most prevalent in: Žilina Region, where 80 percent reside and Trnava Region, where 20 percent reside. Outside of Slovakia it exists in one country. It also occurs in Czechia, where 44 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spisek9438/
Spíšek948/
Špíšek8958/
Spicek8336/
Spizek833/
Spišeková805/
Szpicek7740/
Spiczek772/
Spiszek771/
Shpitsek719/
Szpiczek711/
Specik678/
Spezik672/
Specek671/
Specyk671/
Spisyk671/
Spiseková671/
Spisekova671/
Špićek671/
Spisik671/
Spicik671/

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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 Spišek
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