Koptar Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Transnistria
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Koptar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Koptar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Transnistria71:67,8149,165
Ukraine71:6,503,242257,739
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Kopťar (5) & Kopťár (21) are calculated separately.

Koptar (20) may also be a first name.

Koptar Last Name Facts

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

Koptar (Russian: Коптарь) is held by more people in Transnistria than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Kopťar or Kopťár. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Koptar? popularity and diffusion

Koptar is the 4,034,050th most frequent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Koptar are found; 79 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 75 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. Koptar is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 20 people.

It is most numerous in Transnistria, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 67,814. In Transnistria it is mostly found in: Bender Municipality, where 100 percent are found. Not including Transnistria it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 29 percent are found and Russia, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kopťar945/
Khoptar92111/
Kopťár8921/
Kaptar83344/
Kovtar837/
Kobtar831/
Khoptor773/
Khobtar772/
Kaptare771/
Kepthar770/
Captar67146/
Kaptor6740/
Kaptór6732/
Kopťarová677/
Kovtor677/
Kaptarova676/
Kabtar674/
Căptar672/
Coptor670/
Kaptairova631/
Khobtor621/
Kaptour621/
Copthour570/
Kopťárová5318/
Kobtárová531/
Captor5042/

Koptar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Koptar in the Russian language
Коптарьkoptar-

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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 Koptar
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