Zaviša Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Zaviša Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zaviša Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania901:33,7185,858
Serbia551:129,9089,504
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Montenegro11:639,5659,092

The alternate forms: Zavisa (67) are calculated separately.

Zaviša (477) may also be a first name.

Zaviša Last Name Facts

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

Zaviša is more commonly found in Lithuania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Zavisa. Click here for further potential spellings of Zaviša.

How Common Is The Last Name Zaviša? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,428,594th most numerous surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Zaviša are found; 60 percent are found in Northern Europe and 60 percent are found in Baltic Europe. It is also the 389,495th most frequent first name internationally, held by 477 people.

The surname Zaviša is most commonly held in Lithuania, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 33,718. In Lithuania it is most common in: Utena County, where 52 percent are found and Vilnius County, where 48 percent are found. Beside Lithuania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Serbia, where 36 percent are found and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zavisa9467/
Zaviza836/
Zavišić77603/
Zavisha77159/
Zavisza7757/
Zavitsa7720/
Zavisas7713/
Javoiša771/
Zavitsas7141/
Zavichas717/
Zaviessa712/
Zawisa67148/
Zavisi6714/
Savisa6710/
Cavisa679/
Zavesa679/
Zavici675/
Javisa674/
Zabiza672/
Zawiza672/
Zawißa671/
Zovisa671/

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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 Zaviša
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