Kostura Surname

538,780th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 597 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Kostura Surname User-submission:

The surname Kostura means 'knife' in Rusyn. Sometimes spelled Kostur.

Kostura Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3591:1,009,63574,488
Slovakia1211:44,1038,341
Czechia471:226,24431,645
Poland201:1,900,43796,203
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Ukraine101:4,552,270216,874
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
England21:27,859,030389,889
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
France11:66,422,722504,397
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Koštura (1) are calculated separately.

Kostura (12) may also be a first name.

Kostura Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Kostura means 'knife' in Rusyn. Sometimes spelled Kostur.

- Samuel Rusniak

Kostura Last Name Facts

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

Kostura (Russian: Костура) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Koštura. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kostura.

How Common Is The Last Name Kostura? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kostura is the 538,780th most commonly held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 12,206,945 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Kostura are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 12 people.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 359 people, or 1 in 1,009,635. In The United States Kostura is most numerous in: Ohio, where 40 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 17 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Aside from The United States Kostura is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 20 percent are found and Czechia, where 8 percent are found.

Kostura Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Kostura are 6.47% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 59.7% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kostura earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.21% less than the national average, earning $43,059 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.24% more than the national average, earning $51,294 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kostura Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kostura in the Russian language
Костураkostura-

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