Žižak Surname
Approximately 593 people bear this surname
Žižak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 332 | 1:12,737 | 2,438 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 177 | 1:19,980 | 3,499 |
| Slovenia | 38 | 1:65,465 | 9,549 |
| Slovakia | 26 | 1:205,248 | 33,808 |
| Serbia | 17 | 1:420,291 | 18,230 |
| Montenegro | 3 | 1:213,188 | 6,121 |
The alternate forms: Žižák (51) & Zizak (238) are calculated separately.
Žižak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Žižak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Žižak is most common in Croatia. It can appear in the variant forms: Žižák or Zizak. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Žižak? popularity and diffusion
The surname Žižak is the 541,435th most frequent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 12,289,285 people. Žižak occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Žižak are found; 96 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in Croatia, where it is carried by 332 people, or 1 in 12,737. In Croatia Žižak is mostly concentrated in: Split-Dalmatia County, where 41 percent reside, City of Zagreb, where 25 percent reside and Sisak-Moslavina County, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Croatia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 30 percent reside and Slovenia, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Žižak
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