Kostura Surname
Approximately 597 people bear this surname
Kostura Surname User-submission:
The surname Kostura means 'knife' in Rusyn. Sometimes spelled Kostur.
Kostura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 359 | 1:1,009,635 | 74,488 |
| Slovakia | 121 | 1:44,103 | 8,341 |
| Czechia | 47 | 1:226,244 | 31,645 |
| Poland | 20 | 1:1,900,437 | 96,203 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Ukraine | 10 | 1:4,552,270 | 216,874 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
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 RusniakKostura Demographics
Average Kostura Salary in
United States
$43,059 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Koštura. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kostura? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 538,780th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 12,206,945 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Kostura live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 12 people.
The surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 359 people, or 1 in 1,009,635. In The United States Kostura is primarily found in: Ohio, where 40 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 17 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 20 percent live and Czechia, where 8 percent live.
Kostura Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kostura last name are 6.47% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 59.7% registered to vote for the political 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
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kostura in the Russian language | ||
| Костура | kostura | - |
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Footnotes
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