Oskars Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Iceland

Oskars Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oskars Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Óskars (4) are calculated separately.

Oskars (3,582) may also be a first name.

Oskars Last Name Facts

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

Oskars occurs most in England. It can also occur as: Óskars. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oskars? popularity and diffusion

The surname Oskars is the 4,649,889th most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Oskars occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Oskars live; 72 percent live in Northern Europe and 33 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 118,280th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 3,582 people.

The last name Oskars is most widespread in England, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England Oskars is mostly concentrated in: Derbyshire, where 25 percent reside, Nottinghamshire, where 25 percent reside and West Midlands, where 25 percent reside. Aside from England this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 17 percent reside and Latvia, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Óskars944/
Oscars8357/
Oskeirs772/
Uskaurs771/
Ashkars771/
Özkars67142/
Eskers6731/
Escars6710/
Askers674/
Ascars670/
Askerås623/
Askhers621/
Haskers620/
Ashcarst571/
Escors5055/

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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 Oskars
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