Ištvan Surname

748,537th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 384 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Ištvan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ištvan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia1521:47,0064,657
Croatia1171:36,1427,344
Czechia571:186,55227,470
Slovakia521:102,62419,507
North Macedonia31:700,49123,754
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Montenegro11:639,5659,092

The alternate forms: Istvan (1,727), Iśtvan (1) & István (1,296) are calculated separately.

Ištvan (13,450) may also be a first name.

Ištvan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ištvan occurs more in Serbia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Istvan, Iśtvan or István. For other possible spellings of Ištvan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ištvan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 748,537th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 18,977,984 people. The surname Ištvan occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ištvan reside; 72 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 72 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 50,088th most widely held first name in the world, held by 13,450 people.

This surname is most frequent in Serbia, where it is borne by 152 people, or 1 in 47,006. In Serbia it is most prevalent in: North Banat District, where 39 percent live, North Bačka District, where 37 percent live and South Bačka District, where 11 percent live. Aside from Serbia this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 30 percent live and Czechia, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Istvan941,727/
Iśtvan941/
István891,296/
Eštvan8346/
Iztvan831/
Ištvanová80119/
Ishtvan779/
Istvand775/
Eštvanc773/
Istvain772/
Istvanne712/
Ištvánová67156/
Eštvanová6745/
Estvan6717/
Istvanova6710/
Eštván673/
Istvanová672/
Istvam671/
Ishtvanne671/
Istban671/
Yshtvan6213/
Eshtvan622/
Estvanc621/
Hestvang5716/
Istvánová5312/
Estvanova531/
Eštvánová531/
Isthuhaan531/
Estban5043/
Estvam504/
Yshtvanova503/

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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 Ištvan
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