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.

Bár Surname Distribution Map

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 is found most in Czechia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Bar or Bãr. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bár? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,295,379th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Bár are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 88 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

Bár is most frequently held in Czechia, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 69,048. In Czechia it is primarily concentrated in: Moravian-Silesian Region, where 30 percent reside, Ústí nad Labem Region, where 16 percent reside and Zlín Region, where 13 percent reside. Other than Czechia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 11 percent reside and Mexico, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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