Višek Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Višek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Višek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia971:43,5948,624
Czechia331:322,22640,051
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532

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 found most in Croatia. It may also appear as a variant: Víšek or Visek. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Višek? popularity and diffusion

Višek is the 1,565,797th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Višek reside; 75 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 75 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

Višek is most commonly held in Croatia, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 43,594. In Croatia it is most numerous 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. Outside of Croatia Višek is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 25 percent are found and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Víšek93831/
Visek93224/
Vicek80139/
Fišek8069/
Výšek8055/
Viček8034/
Vešek801/
Viscek7364/
Viczek7336/
Vishek7320/
Vaicek739/
Vissek737/
Vitsek736/
Viecek732/
Visekh731/
Viocek731/
Viseek731/
Vicheck6730/
Voichek6713/
Voitsek6712/
Vishekh674/
Voiczek672/
Vitcesk671/

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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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