Zhitskaya Surname

1,022,958th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 247 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Zhitskaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zhitskaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia1651:873,47370,025
Belarus721:131,95918,850
Kazakhstan61:2,947,083107,736
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Zhitskaya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zhitskaya (Russian: Жицкая) is borne by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Zhitskaya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,022,958th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. The surname Zhitskaya occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of Zhitskaya reside; 68 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 67 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Zhitskaya is most frequently occurring in Russia, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 873,473. In Russia it is primarily found in: Novosibirsk Oblast, where 12 percent are found, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, where 12 percent are found and Krasnodar Krai, where 10 percent are found. Besides Russia this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 29 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 2 percent are found.

Zhitskaya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Zhitskaya last name are 30.15% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 76.92% being registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Zhitskaya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zhitskaya in the Russian language
Жицкаяzickaa-

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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 Zhitskaya
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