Šumska Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Šumska Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Šumska Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina161:221,02511,534
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401

The alternate forms: Šumská (120) & Sumska (109) are calculated separately.

Šumska Last Name Facts

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

The last name Šumska occurs more in Bosnia and Herzegovina more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Šumská or Sumska. Click here to see other potential spellings of Šumska.

How Common Is The Last Name Šumska? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šumska reside; 84 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 84 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

Šumska is most numerous in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 221,025. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it is primarily found in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Bosnia and Herzegovina this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Latvia, where 11 percent reside and Lithuania, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šumská94120/
Sumska94109/
Šumskas92575/
Šumskaja8671/
Šumský8390/
Šumski8332/
Šumskaitė8043/
Šumskis77121/
Szumska7797/
Sumskas7787/
Shumska7734/
Sumskaa7715/
Zums'ka771/
Šumskij771/
Šumskys771/
Šunskas771/
Sumskaya71773/
Shumskas7129/
Šumskytė717/
Schumska711/
Shumskaya676,745/
Shumskaia672,670/
Sumsky67348/
Sumski67297/
Šomský6731/
Šomská6727/
Šómsky6713/
Zumsky676/
Somska672/
Sumske671/
Šomsky671/

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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 Šumska
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