Dextar Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Dextar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dextar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Dextar (30) may also be a first name.

Dextar Last Name Facts

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

Dextar is borne by more people in New Zealand than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dextar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 62 percent of Dextar reside; 54 percent reside in Australasia and 54 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand. Dextar is also the 1,911,214th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 30 people.

The last name is most widely held in New Zealand, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 754,720. In New Zealand it is primarily found in: Canterbury Region, where 100 percent reside. Not including New Zealand it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 15 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Destar83182/
Dextor8370/
Dextorp7711/
Dechtar772/
Destard772/
Destare771/
Decstar771/
Dekstar771/
Destart771/
Desstar771/
Deystar771/
Destair770/
Dehshtar7126/
Destardt712/
Destor671,298/
Dystar6746/
Distar6736/
Doxtor672/
Daxtor670/
Deedsstarr632/
Destour6282/
Daystar6240/
Destord6228/
Desteur627/
Dechtár626/
Dykstar625/
Dechťar623/
Dechtor622/
Destort622/
Desstor621/
Diestor621/
Destore621/
Desthor621/
Deystor620/
Disthar620/
Distard620/
Dichtear571/
Dickstar571/
Distgair571/
Desteire571/
Daystart570/
Desteirdt5355/
Distor504,872/

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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 Dextar
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