Syč Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Syč Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Syč Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia1491:35,8156,556
Lithuania51:606,91821,375
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714

The alternate forms: Syc (698), Sýč (8) & Šyc (5) are calculated separately.

Syč Last Name Facts

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

The surname Syč occurs most in Slovakia. It can also occur as: Syc, Sýč or Šyc. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Syč? popularity and diffusion

The last name Syč is the 1,391,595th most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Syč live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Slovakia, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 35,815. In Slovakia it is primarily concentrated in: Banská Bystrica Region, where 87 percent live, Nitra Region, where 5 percent live and Trnava Region, where 3 percent live. Apart from Slovakia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Lithuania, where 3 percent live and Czechia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Syc89698/
Sýč898/
Sy80341,129/
Šyc785/
Say67173,035/
Soy6792,153/
Suy6736,704/
Sey6723,866/
Shy673,300/
Siy672,638/
Sys672,272/
Syd671,652/
Sič671,080/
Syt67850/
Syx67739/
Syz67397/
Syy67336/
Syp67277/
Seč67216/
Syo67165/
Síč67142/
Syh67107/
Szy6784/
Scy6776/
Hsy6772/
Süy6757/
Syi6730/
Ssy6713/
Syj6710/
Xsy679/
Sjy679/
Jsy676/
Sxy675/
Zsy674/
Séč671/
Syś671/
Sáy671/
Ősy671/

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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 Syč
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