Žiher Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Žiher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 124 | 1:20,062 | 4,526 |
| Croatia | 55 | 1:76,884 | 13,368 |
| Serbia | 16 | 1:446,559 | 18,714 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
The alternate forms: Ziher (39) are calculated separately.
Žiher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Žiher Come From? nationality or country of origin
Žiher is more commonly found in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Ziher. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Žiher? popularity and diffusion
The last name Žiher is the 1,202,518th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Žiher reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The last name is most numerous in Slovenia, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 20,062. In Slovenia it is most prevalent in: Drava, where 59 percent live, Central Slovenia, where 39 percent live and Littoral-Inner Carniola, where 1 percent live. Besides Slovenia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 28 percent live and Serbia, where 8 percent live.
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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 Žiher
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