Pillár Surname

708,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 414 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Pillár Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pillár Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia2651:20,1383,172
Hungary1211:81,1268,137
Czechia281:379,76744,481

The alternate forms: Pillar (3,642) & Pillař (4) are calculated separately.

Pillár Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pillár is found in Slovakia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Pillar or Pillař. For other potential spellings of Pillár click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pillár? popularity and diffusion

Pillár is the 708,658th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,602,768 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pillár are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 71 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

It is most commonly held in Slovakia, where it is carried by 265 people, or 1 in 20,138. In Slovakia Pillár is mostly found in: Prešov Region, where 78 percent are found, Košice Region, where 17 percent are found and Žilina Region, where 3 percent are found. Besides Slovakia it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 29 percent are found and Czechia, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pillar943,642/
Pillárz922/
Pillař894/
Pillor8357/
Pillárová80318/
Pillard773,383/
Pillare77970/
Pillore7757/
Pilliar7729/
Pillart7725/
Pillair7720/
Pillarz7716/
Pillour777/
Pilleur772/
Pillaar771/
Pillorz771/
Pilliard71497/
Pilleyre71111/
Pillayre7136/
Pillaire7111/
Pilleyjr712/
Pillahre711/
Pellar67385/
Pellor6768/
Pillarová6732/
Pillarova6726/
Pilliaire6713/
Pllard679/
Plehár678/
Pillařová676/
Pillardth674/
Plliar671/
Pyllar671/

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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 Pillár
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