Višek Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Višek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 97 | 1:43,594 | 8,624 |
| Czechia | 33 | 1:322,226 | 40,051 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
The alternate forms: Víšek (831) & Visek (224) are calculated separately.
Višek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Višek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Višek is most common in Croatia. It can also appear in the variant forms: Víšek or Visek. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Višek? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,565,797th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Višek are found; 75 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 75 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
This last name is most common in Croatia, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 43,594. In Croatia it is mostly found in: Krapina-Zagorje County, where 41 percent are found, City of Zagreb, where 28 percent are found and Bjelovar-Bilogora County, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Croatia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 25 percent are found and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Višek
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