Kiška Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Kiška Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 125 | 1:42,692 | 8,016 |
| Czechia | 60 | 1:177,224 | 26,394 |
| Croatia | 7 | 1:604,086 | 40,820 |
The alternate forms: Kiska (7,311) are calculated separately.
Kiška Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiška Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kiška is found most frequently in Slovakia. It may be rendered as a variant: Kiska. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiška? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kiška is the 1,218,745th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 37,955,968 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kiška are found; 96 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 96 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
The last name Kiška is most numerous in Slovakia, where it is held by 125 people, or 1 in 42,692. In Slovakia it is most prevalent in: Košice Region, where 50 percent live, Žilina Region, where 17 percent live and Prešov Region, where 14 percent live. Aside from Slovakia it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 31 percent live and Croatia, where 4 percent live.
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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 Kiška
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