Ščerba Surname
Approximately 592 people bear this surname
Ščerba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 288 | 1:18,529 | 2,817 |
| Czechia | 182 | 1:58,426 | 9,784 |
| Lithuania | 122 | 1:24,874 | 4,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
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 more commonly found in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Šćerba, Sčerba or Scerba. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ščerba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ščerba is the 542,091st most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,310,044 people. Ščerba occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ščerba are found; 79 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 79 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Slovakia, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 18,529. In Slovakia Ščerba is primarily found in: Prešov Region, where 60 percent live, Košice Region, where 39 percent live and Nitra Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Slovakia Ščerba is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 31 percent live and Lithuania, where 21 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Šćerba | 94 | 54 | / |
| Sčerba | 94 | 10 | / |
| Čerba | 91 | 70 | / |
| Scerba | 89 | 566 | / |
| Ščerbo | 83 | 240 | / |
| Čereba | 83 | 4 | / |
| Šerbah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ščerbej | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ščerbič | 77 | 5 | / |
| Štšerba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Serba | 73 | 3,363 | / |
| Zerba | 73 | 1,917 | / |
| Cerba | 73 | 460 | / |
| Šerbo | 73 | 99 | / |
| Šroba | 73 | 45 | / |
| Şerba | 73 | 37 | / |
| Šróba | 73 | 13 | / |
| Čirba | 73 | 11 | / |
| Šerbu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Žerba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Šruba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Serbah | 67 | 4,037 | / |
| Cerbai | 67 | 1,053 | / |
| Seroba | 67 | 790 | / |
| Šaraba | 67 | 486 | / |
| Seriba | 67 | 432 | / |
| Serbai | 67 | 428 | / |
| Zeriba | 67 | 390 | / |
| Sereba | 67 | 329 | / |
| Seruba | 67 | 184 | / |
| Serbay | 67 | 168 | / |
| Cerbah | 67 | 159 | / |
| Serbia | 67 | 128 | / |
| Šuraba | 67 | 94 | / |
| Zerbea | 67 | 80 | / |
| Sierba | 67 | 74 | / |
| Šćerbe | 67 | 54 | / |
| Seraba | 67 | 18 | / |
| Cerbay | 67 | 14 | / |
| Cerbia | 67 | 12 | / |
| Serbea | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ceorba | 67 | 10 | / |
| Zereba | 67 | 9 | / |
| Soerba | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ceriba | 67 | 7 | / |
| Šurába | 67 | 6 | / |
| Xeruba | 67 | 6 | / |
| Zeruba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Šraiba | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zerbah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zerbau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Serboa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zerbia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Serbau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seerba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seryba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zeręba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zeroba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Šerbiæ | 67 | 1 | / |
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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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