Bár Surname

1,295,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Bár Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bár Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia1541:69,04811,594
Hungary191:516,64632,401
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Bar (128,764) & Bãr (1) are calculated separately.

Bár Last Name Facts

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

Bár occurs more in Czechia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Bar or Bãr. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bár? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,295,379th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. The surname Bár is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Bár reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 88 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Czechia, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 69,048. In Czechia Bár is mostly found in: Moravian-Silesian Region, where 30 percent reside, Ústí nad Labem Region, where 16 percent reside and Zlín Region, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Czechia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 11 percent reside and Mexico, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bar89128,764/
Bãr891/
Baár86164/
Bárd8655/
Bárt8618/
Báhr8611/
Bárp861/
Baňár7534/
Bárth7529/
Báier751/
Bor67107,058/
Bárová67341/
Bór67100/
Vár671/
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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 Bár
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