Žemaitaitis Surname
Approximately 570 people bear this surname
Žemaitaitis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lithuania | 569 | 1:5,333 | 883 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
The alternate forms: Zemaitaitis (153) are calculated separately.
Žemaitaitis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Žemaitaitis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Žemaitaitis occurs in Lithuania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Zemaitaitis. For other potential spellings of Žemaitaitis click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Žemaitaitis? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 557,722nd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 12,785,168 people. The surname Žemaitaitis occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Žemaitaitis reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Baltic Europe.
The last name is most frequently used in Lithuania, where it is held by 569 people, or 1 in 5,333. In Lithuania Žemaitaitis is most frequent in: Vilnius County, where 27 percent are found, Marijampolė County, where 26 percent are found and Kaunas County, where 20 percent are found. Excluding Lithuania it occurs in one country. It is also found in Finland, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zemaitaitis | 97 | 153 | / |
| Zemaitatis | 86 | 26 | / |
| Zemaititis | 86 | 9 | / |
| Zemitaitis | 86 | 1 | / |
| Žemaitaitytė | 78 | 47 | / |
| Zhemaitaitys | 78 | 2 | / |
| Zhemaytaytis | 70 | 12 | / |
| Žemaityte | 70 | 2 | / |
| Zemaityte | 60 | 109 | / |
| Semetaite | 60 | 7 | / |
| Simhathati | 57 | 1 | / |
| Simaityte | 50 | 21 | / |
| Semateete | 50 | 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
- 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 Žemaitaitis
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