Zemaite Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Zemaite Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 26 | 1:78,848 | 11,595 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
The alternate forms: Žemaitė (2) are calculated separately.
Zemaite Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zemaite Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zemaite is found most frequently in Latvia. It may be found as a variant: Žemaitė. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zemaite? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zemaite is the 3,543,123rd most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Zemaite are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 90 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in Latvia, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 78,848. In Latvia it is mostly found in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 69 percent reside, Riga Planning Region, where 15 percent reside and Latgale, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Latvia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 10 percent reside and Lithuania, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Zemaite
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