Žiška Surname
Approximately 902 people bear this surname
Žiška Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 548 | 1:9,738 | 1,106 |
| Czechia | 261 | 1:40,741 | 6,750 |
| Serbia | 43 | 1:166,162 | 10,980 |
| Croatia | 42 | 1:100,681 | 16,054 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
The alternate forms: Ziška (5) & Ziska (1,591) are calculated separately.
Žiška Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Žiška Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Žiška is borne by more people in Slovakia than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Ziška or Ziska. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Žiška? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 392,160th most widely held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,079,319 people. Žiška occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Žiška live; 90 percent live in Eastern Europe and 90 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
The last name is most commonly used in Slovakia, where it is borne by 548 people, or 1 in 9,738. In Slovakia it is most numerous in: Bratislava Region, where 58 percent reside, Žilina Region, where 21 percent reside and Trnava Region, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Slovakia it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 29 percent reside and Serbia, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ziška | 93 | 5 | / |
| Žiškay | 91 | 7 | / |
| Žika | 89 | 3 | / |
| Ziska | 87 | 1,591 | / |
| Žiško | 80 | 143 | / |
| Džika | 80 | 116 | / |
| Žuška | 80 | 25 | / |
| Žitka | 80 | 21 | / |
| Jiška | 80 | 15 | / |
| Žikas | 80 | 8 | / |
| Žička | 80 | 6 | / |
| Ciška | 80 | 4 | / |
| Siška | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gitška | 73 | 12 | / |
| Ziškay | 73 | 2 | / |
| Žiškys | 73 | 1 | / |
| Žiškayová | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sika | 67 | 34,627 | / |
| Jika | 67 | 12,790 | / |
| Zika | 67 | 9,216 | / |
| Cika | 67 | 2,396 | / |
| Gika | 67 | 1,230 | / |
| Žiko | 67 | 99 | / |
| Žica | 67 | 37 | / |
| Žeka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Žikaitė | 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
- 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 Žiška
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