Sumska Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Sumska Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sumska Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia941:21,8093,293
Slovakia41:1,334,11294,300
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Šumska (19) & Šumská (120) are calculated separately.

Sumska Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sumska (Russian: Сумська) is found in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Šumska or Šumská. For other possible spellings of Sumska click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sumska? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,755,741st most widely held surname globally, held by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name Sumska occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Sumska are found; 88 percent are found in Northern Europe and 86 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Latvia, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 21,809. In Latvia it is mostly found in: Riga Planning Region, where 56 percent live, Latgale, where 27 percent live and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 13 percent live. Excluding Latvia this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 4 percent live and Russia, where 3 percent live.

Sumska Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Sumska last name is chiefly Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šumska9419/
Szumska9297/
Sumskas9287/
Shumska9234/
Sumskaa9215/
Šumská89120/
Sumskaya86773/
Shumskas8629/
Schumska861/
Sumsky83348/
Sumski83297/
Somska832/
Sumske831/
Shumskaya806,745/
Shumskaia802,670/
Shumsky775,701/
Szumski775,445/
Sumskoy77764/
Šumskas77575/
Shumski77427/
Sumskoi77414/
Sumskis77149/
Sumskyi7737/
Szumsky7733/
Sumskii7711/
Sumskij778/
Szomska774/
Sumskiy773/
Sumskoj771/
Zums'ka771/
Sunskas771/
Shumske771/
Sumskit771/
Shumskyi712,259/
Shumskoy71258/
Schumski71105/
Schumsky71100/
Šumskaja7171/
Shumskiy7168/
Shumskii7148/
Sumscaia7148/
Shumskis7138/
Shumskoi7131/
Susinska7126/
Shumsker7124/
Schumske7118/
Soumskis7117/
Shumskih7114/
Shumskij7110/
Shumskie7110/
Shumskyy719/
Szumskij712/
Sutinska712/
Szummsky712/
Sunskash711/
Sumskich711/
Szumskiy711/
Schomska711/
Susmskis711/
Scumskey710/
Somsky67142/
Šumský6790/
Sunjka6789/
Susinskas6752/
Šumskaitė6743/
Šumski6732/
Suszynska6723/
Schumskij678/
Somski678/
Suszyńska676/
Zumsky676/
Suchinska673/
Schoumsky672/
Schumsker672/
Suchińska671/
Suchyńska671/
Somská671/
Schumskie671/
Suscinska671/
Suchiñska671/
Susemchka670/
Schumskey670/

Sumska Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sumska in the Russian language
Сумськаsumska-

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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 Sumska
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