Ščerba Surname

542,091st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 592 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Ščerba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ščerba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia2881:18,5292,817
Czechia1821:58,4269,784
Lithuania1221:24,8744,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Šćerba (54), Sčerba (10) & Scerba (566) are calculated separately.

Ščerba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ščerba is held by more people in Slovakia than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Šćerba, Sčerba or Scerba. For other potential spellings of Ščerba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ščerba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ščerba is the 542,091st most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,310,044 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Ščerba live; 79 percent live in Eastern Europe and 79 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Slovakia, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 18,529. In Slovakia Ščerba is most prevalent in: Prešov Region, where 60 percent reside, Košice Region, where 39 percent reside and Nitra Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Slovakia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 31 percent reside and Lithuania, where 21 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šćerba9454/
Sčerba9410/
Čerba9170/
Scerba89566/
Ščerbo83240/
Čereba834/
Šerbah831/
Ščerbej776/
Ščerbič775/
Štšerba771/
Serba733,363/
Zerba731,917/
Cerba73460/
Šerbo7399/
Šroba7345/
Şerba7337/
Šróba7313/
Čirba7311/
Šerbu735/
Žerba731/
Šruba731/
Serbah674,037/
Cerbai671,053/
Seroba67790/
Šaraba67486/
Seriba67432/
Serbai67428/
Zeriba67390/
Sereba67329/
Seruba67184/
Serbay67168/
Cerbah67159/
Serbia67128/
Šuraba6794/
Zerbea6780/
Sierba6774/
Šćerbe6754/
Seraba6718/
Cerbay6714/
Cerbia6712/
Serbea6710/
Ceorba6710/
Zereba679/
Soerba677/
Ceriba677/
Šurába676/
Xeruba676/
Zeruba675/
Šraiba674/
Zerbah672/
Zerbau671/
Serboa671/
Zerbia671/
Serbau671/
Seerba671/
Seryba671/
Zeręba671/
Zeroba671/
Šerbiæ671/

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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 Ščerba
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