Kostr Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Kostr Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Kostř (1) are calculated separately.
Kostr Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kostr Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kostr (Russian: Костр) is more frequently found in Russia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Kostř. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kostr? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,427,875th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Kostr are found; 35 percent are found in North Asia and 35 percent are found in Slavic North Asia.
The surname Kostr is most numerous in Russia, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 11,086,389. In Russia Kostr is most frequent in: Primorsky Krai, where 31 percent live, Bashkortostan Republic, where 8 percent live and Chelyabinsk Oblast, where 8 percent live. Beside Russia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 15 percent live and Belarus, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kostř | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kostrz | 91 | 542 | / |
| Kostrh | 91 | 3 | / |
| Khostr | 91 | 1 | / |
| Costr | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kastr | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kestr | 80 | 0 | / |
| Kostrova | 77 | 8,133 | / |
| Kostrová | 77 | 76 | / |
| Kostrowa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Khustr | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koshtrova | 71 | 26 | / |
| Kostrzová | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kostrhová | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kosztrová | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kosztrova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khushtr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kastrova | 62 | 205 | / |
| Kustrová | 62 | 144 | / |
| Costrova | 62 | 24 | / |
| Kustrova | 62 | 16 | / |
| Costrowa | 62 | 9 | / |
| Kustrowa | 62 | 6 | / |
| Castr | 60 | 122 | / |
| Kashtrova | 57 | 1 | / |
| Castrp | 55 | 30 | / |
| Kaştır | 55 | 23 | / |
| Castrì | 55 | 6 | / |
| Custrr | 55 | 3 | / |
| Custrd | 55 | 1 | / |
| Castrr | 55 | 1 | / |
| Kachtrh | 50 | 1 | / |
Kostr Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kostr in the Russian language | ||
| Костр | kostr | - |
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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 Kostr
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