Gončar Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Gončar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gončar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania301:101,15313,307
Czechia171:625,49860,070
Croatia121:352,38432,084
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Gončár (67) & Goncar (64) are calculated separately.

Gončar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gončar has its highest incidence in Lithuania. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Gončár or Goncar. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gončar? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,483,783rd most prevalent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gončar are found; 50 percent are found in Northern Europe and 50 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

The last name Gončar is most prevalent in Lithuania, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 101,153. In Lithuania it is most numerous in: Klaipėda County, where 97 percent are found and Vilnius County, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Lithuania Gončar occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 28 percent are found and Croatia, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gončár9467/
Goncar9464/
Gonzar8332/
Gunčar8318/
Gančar833/
Hončar833/
Gončarova8089/
Gončarová8023/
Gonchar7715,848/
Goncear772,533/
Gonciar77309/
Gonczar77255/
Goncarz7733/
Gondzar7718/
Gontšar7712/
Gontzar777/
Gontsar772/
Gohnzar771/
Gonzsar771/
Gounzar771/
Gonzair771/
Oncar73276/
Gonciarz712,066/
Gontchar7154/
Gondchar7132/
Gonczarz711/
Goinchar711/
Goncarova67466/
Ounzar67459/
Honzar67123/
Hančar67122/
Gancar6799/
Ganzar6773/
Gončárová6760/
Hončár6732/
Gontschar6723/
Gonzor6721/
Hončarová6719/
Guncar6718/
Gunzar6711/
Gančár679/
Onchar678/
Gančař676/
Gančarová675/
Honcar672/
Onczar671/

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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 Gončar
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