Žiško Surname

1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Žiško Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Žiško Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia691:77,34014,984
Bosnia and Herzegovina291:121,9459,226
Slovenia291:85,78210,816
Czechia151:708,89864,682
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295

The alternate forms: Ziško (3), Zisko (349) & Ziskó (33) are calculated separately.

Žiško Last Name Facts

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

The last name Žiško is held by more people in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Ziško, Zisko or Ziskó. Click here for other potential spellings of Žiško.

How Common Is The Last Name Žiško? popularity and diffusion

The surname Žiško is the 1,478,479th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Žiško are found; 59 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 59 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Slovakia, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 77,340. In Slovakia it is most frequent in: Trenčín Region, where 88 percent are found, Banská Bystrica Region, where 6 percent are found and Bratislava Region, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Slovakia Žiško is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 20 percent are found and Slovenia, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ziško933/
Žiko8999/
Zisko87349/
Žiška80902/
Žičko8039/
Ziskó8033/
Žeško809/
Džiko807/
Židko802/
Jiško801/
Siko6714,120/
Ziko679,267/
Jiko672,572/
Ciko671,880/
Giko67272/
Žeko6736/
Žika673/

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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 Žiško
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