Splits Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Splits Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Splits Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia381:53,9498,130
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Splits Last Name Facts

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

Splits (Russian: Сплиц) is found most frequently in Latvia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Splits? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,808,717th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Splits reside; 92 percent reside in Northern Europe and 79 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

The last name Splits is most common in Latvia, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 53,949. In Latvia it is mostly concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 97 percent reside and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 3 percent reside. Besides Latvia it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Splitss923/
Splitts921/
Splitz8315/
Splets8312/
Spliz731/
Spellitz7176/
Spillets7113/
Spilletts6717/
Spletsova671/
Spellich5725/
Spillich571/

Splits Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Splits in the Russian language
Сплицsplic-

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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
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  • 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 Splits
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