Zemitis Surname

641,055th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 474 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Zemitis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zemitis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia3511:5,841813
United States631:5,753,316282,354
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
England71:7,959,723202,100
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Zemītis (1) are calculated separately.

Zemitis Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zemitis (Russian: Земитис) is carried by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Zemītis. For other possible spellings of Zemitis click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zemitis? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zemitis is the 641,055th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 15,374,569 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Zemitis live; 77 percent live in Northern Europe and 74 percent live in Baltic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in Latvia, where it is borne by 351 people, or 1 in 5,841. In Latvia it is most prevalent in: Riga Planning Region, where 60 percent are found, Semigallia, where 21 percent are found and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Latvia this last name exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.

Zemitis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Zemitis surname are 44.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 91.67% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Zemitis earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.15% less than the national average, earning $43,083 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.2% less than the national average, earning $48,091 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Zemitis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zemitis in the Russian language
Земитисzemitis-

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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
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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 Zemitis
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