Žitek Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Žitek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Žitek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia1391:17,8974,141
Czechia391:272,65335,847

The alternate forms: Zitek (615), Žítek (58) & Zítek (509) are calculated separately.

Žitek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Žitek is found most in Slovenia. It may be rendered as: Zitek, Žítek or Zítek. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Žitek? popularity and diffusion

The surname Žitek is the 1,281,391st most widespread last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. The surname Žitek occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Žitek live; 78 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 78 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Žitek is most frequently used in Slovenia, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 17,897. In Slovenia Žitek is mostly concentrated in: Mura, where 91 percent are found, Drava, where 6 percent are found and Central Slovenia, where 2 percent are found. Beside Slovenia it is found in one country. It also occurs in Czechia, where 22 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zitek93615/
Žítek9358/
Zítek87509/
Sitek8011,404/
Citek8099/
Jitek8019/
Gitek807/
Žytek804/
Zietek73668/
Gietek73210/
Sittek73157/
Zsitek7344/
Seitek7334/
Giteck7312/
Siteck7311/
Gittek738/
Suitek734/
Gistek732/
Jiteak732/
Sietek732/
Giteke731/
Ziteke731/
Zuitek731/
Zidtek731/
Citeck731/
Ziteck730/
Saitek730/
Sitheek6728/
Sitteck6711/
Zieteck674/
Sieteck672/
Žitkova671/
Giteksh671/
Suiteck670/
Gisteck670/

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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 Žitek
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