Stríž Surname

1,239,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Stríž Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Stríž 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
Slovakia1301:41,0507,674
Czechia561:189,88327,834
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Stříž (331), Striž (88), Stríz (12), Striz (151), Striż (1) & Střiž (1) are calculated separately.

Stríž Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stríž is more frequently found in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Stříž, Striž, Stríz, Striz, Striż or Střiž. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stríž? popularity and diffusion

Stríž is the 1,239,697th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 38,970,834 people. The last name Stríž is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Stríž live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Slovakia, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 41,050. In Slovakia it is mostly found in: Trnava Region, where 46 percent live, Bratislava Region, where 22 percent live and Žilina Region, where 16 percent live. Apart from Slovakia Stríž exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 30 percent live and Germany, where 1 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
Stříž93331/
Striž9388/
Stríz9312/
Striz87151/
Striż871/
Střiž871/
Struž8082/
Strož8012/
Stróž805/
Strežo73133/
Straže7333/
Striež7332/
Straža7316/
Starší7312/
Storož737/
Strzyž736/
Sterže734/
Strižo731/
Strože731/
Stroža731/
Strs6730/
Strážay6719/
Stražay672/
Strz671/
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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 Stríž
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