Pogoster Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Israel

Pogoster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pogoster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Pogoster Last Name Facts

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

Pogoster (Russian: Погостер) is more frequently found in Russia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pogoster? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Pogoster occurs predominantly in Europe, where 57 percent of Pogoster live; 52 percent live in Eastern Europe and 52 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Russia, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 16,013,673. In Russia Pogoster is most numerous in: Krasnodar Krai, where 67 percent live, Krasnoyarsk Krai, where 22 percent live and Rostov Oblast, where 11 percent live. Apart from Russia it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 33 percent live and Belarus, where 19 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pogote8639/
Pogoute802/
Pogaste801/
Pagote711,086/
Pogoti71102/
Pogate7131/
Pogota713/
Poongotte711/
Pogostych711/
Posgate6793/
Pagotte6744/
Pongoti6729/
Pagotes6715/
Pogotis6715/
Pangote676/
Pougate675/
Pogotti673/
Pagaste672/
Paggote671/
Phogate671/
Pagotie671/
Pagothe671/
Paagote671/
Pogatte671/
Pagosta670/

Pogoster Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pogoster in the Russian language
Погостерpogoster-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Pogoster
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis