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.

DNA test information

Splits 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
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) occurs more in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Splits? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,808,717th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Splits reside; 92 percent reside in Northern Europe and 79 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

Splits is most widely held in Latvia, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 53,949. In Latvia it is primarily concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 97 percent live and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 3 percent live. Besides Latvia this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 10 percent live and The United States, where 4 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
Splitss923/
Splitts921/
Splitz8315/
Splets8312/
Spliz731/
Spellitz7176/
Spillets7113/
Spilletts6717/
Spletsova671/
Spellich5725/
Spillich571/
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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
  • 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 Splits
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