Šosták Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Šosták Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 39 | 1:272,653 | 35,847 |
| Slovakia | 6 | 1:889,408 | 78,715 |
The alternate forms: Šostak (820), Sostak (382) & Sošťák (3) are calculated separately.
Šosták Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šosták Come From? nationality or country of origin
Šosták has its highest incidence in Czechia. It may be found as: Šostak, Sostak or Sošťák. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Šosták? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,909,720th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šosták are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
The surname Šosták is most frequently held in Czechia, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 272,653. In Czechia Šosták is most prevalent in: Moravian-Silesian Region, where 97 percent are found and South Moravian Region, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Czechia it exists in one country. It is also found in Slovakia, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Šosták
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