Šijak Surname

1,239,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Šijak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Šijak Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia861:49,1709,482
Serbia701:102,0718,143
Bosnia and Herzegovina201:176,82010,618
Kosovo51:372,3749,323
Montenegro41:159,8915,521
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128

Šijak Last Name Facts

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

The last name Šijak (Hindi: सिजाक, Marathi: िसजक, Oriya: ସିଯକ) is held by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Šijak? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,239,697th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 38,970,834 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šijak live; 99 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most common in Croatia, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 49,170. In Croatia it is most prevalent in: Koprivnica-Križevci County, where 53 percent reside, City of Zagreb, where 29 percent reside and Varaždin County, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Croatia Šijak is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Serbia, where 37 percent reside and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cijak808/
Šijakova7750/
Šijaková772/
Shijak736/
Soijak735/
Saijak732/
Seijak731/
Siak6713,149/
Chaijak67262/
Shaijak671/

Šijak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Šijak in the Hindi language
सिजाकsijaka-
Šijak in the Oriya language
ସିଯକsiyaka-
Šijak in the Marathi language
िसजकisajaka-

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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 Šijak
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