Život Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Život Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Život Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia201:531,67354,411
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Zivot (82) are calculated separately.

Život Last Name Facts

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

Život is most common in Czechia. It may occur as a variant: Zivot. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Život? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,034,050th most widespread family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Život occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Život are found; 83 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 83 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Czechia, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 531,673. In Czechia it is most frequent in: South Bohemian Region, where 40 percent are found, Liberec Region, where 20 percent are found and Ústí nad Labem Region, where 15 percent are found. Besides Czechia this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 4 percent are found and Morocco, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zivot9382/
Žeivots831/
Givot8099/
Sivot8017/
Jivot801/
Životová7736/
Životova778/
Zhivot7315/
Givhot732/
Zeivots674/
Zheivot674/

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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 Život
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