Žiha

surname · Latin script

Žiha is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Croatia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: As Nethinim ('given ones'), the family of Ziha represents a class of people dedicated to the service of God's temple.

rarermore common
  • HRCroatia1 in 157K(measured from records)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 840K
  • CZCzechia1 in 1.5M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Croatia (measured from records)

27 people, 2021

Sources
11 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 157K (inferred from the name graph)

Croatia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

As Nethinim ('given ones'), the family of Ziha represents a class of people dedicated to the service of God's temple. Their return from exile and role in post-exilic Jerusalem underscores the importance of restoring communal worship and the sacred function of the temple in the life of the nation.

Sources 1

  • Biblical Names Compiled Database

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Žiha counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Žiha is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HR Croatia271 in 157K31Žiha11
ES Spain231 in 2.2M23——
CH Switzerland101 in 840K10——
CZ Czechia71 in 1.5M7——

27 people counted by DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form), 2021. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Žiha is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Ziha

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Ziha, Žíha

  • Malay given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia

    Languages: Malay, Indonesian

    Also written Ziha, Žihã

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Ziha

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Žiha
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)202131—
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202127#19,580
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—7#101,939

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Žiha mean, and where does it come from?
As Nethinim ('given ones'), the family of Ziha represents a class of people dedicated to the service of God's temple. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
In which country does Žiha have the most bearers?
In Croatia, the national register counted about 27 people named Žiha, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled žiha.
Where is Žiha most common?
Žiha is densest in Croatia, where the national register counts about 1 in 157 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Žiha?
In Croatia, the national register counted 27 people named Žiha in 2021, about 1 in 157 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Žiha”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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