Žižka Surname

200,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,080 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Žižka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Žižka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia2,0721:5,132580
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Zizka (354) are calculated separately.

Žižka Last Name Facts

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

Žižka is found in Czechia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Zizka. For other possible spellings of Žižka click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Žižka? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 200,601st most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 3,503,628 people. Žižka is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Žižka are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Czechia, where it is carried by 2,072 people, or 1 in 5,132. In Czechia it is mostly concentrated in: Prague, where 15 percent live, Central Bohemian Region, where 15 percent live and South Bohemian Region, where 10 percent live. Other than Czechia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 0 percent live and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zizka87354/
Žižek801,950/
Žižak80593/
Žižák8051/
Žižik8022/
Žižko805/
Čižeika6747/

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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 Žižka
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