Sumskas Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Sumskas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sumskas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania501:60,6929,230
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
England51:11,143,612252,590
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

The alternate forms: Šumskas (575) are calculated separately.

Sumskas Last Name Facts

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

Sumskas is held by more people in Lithuania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Šumskas. For other possible spellings of Sumskas click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sumskas? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sumskas is the 2,007,164th most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Sumskas are found; 69 percent are found in Northern Europe and 57 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Lithuania, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 60,692. In Lithuania Sumskas is most numerous in: Kaunas County, where 92 percent are found and Vilnius County, where 8 percent are found. Beside Lithuania this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 14 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šumskas95575/
Shumskas9329/
Sumska92109/
Szumska8697/
Shumska8634/
Sumskaa8615/
Sunskas861/
Sunskash801/
Schumska801/
Šumska7719/
Somska772/
Susinskas7552/
Sumskoy71764/
Sumskoi71414/
Szomska714/
Sushynskas712/
Sunskos711/
Sumskoj711/
Zums'ka711/
Šunskas711/
Shumskoy67258/
Shumskoi6731/
Susinska6726/
Sutinska672/
Schomska671/

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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
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  • 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 Sumskas
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