Gaštan Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Gaštan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 125 | 1:42,692 | 8,016 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38 | 1:93,063 | 8,282 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
The alternate forms: Gastan (972) & Gastán (2) are calculated separately.
Gaštan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaštan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gaštan occurs more in Slovakia more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Gastan or Gastán. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaštan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,333,288th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gaštan live; 77 percent live in Eastern Europe and 77 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
The surname Gaštan is most frequent in Slovakia, where it is held by 125 people, or 1 in 42,692. In Slovakia it is mostly found in: Bratislava Region, where 62 percent reside, Žilina Region, where 22 percent reside and Banská Bystrica Region, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Slovakia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 23 percent reside and Czechia, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Gaštan
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