Požar Surname

251,891st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,572 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Požar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Požar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia8991:2,767378
Croatia3851:10,9832,038
Serbia2601:27,4812,983
Bosnia and Herzegovina241:147,3509,891
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Pozar (757), Požár (305) & Pożar (1) are calculated separately.

Požar Last Name Facts

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

Požar is most common in Slovenia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Pozar, Požár or Pożar. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Požar? popularity and diffusion

Požar is the 251,891st most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,635,843 people. The last name Požar is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Požar reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Požar is most commonly held in Slovenia, where it is carried by 899 people, or 1 in 2,767. In Slovenia it is mostly concentrated in: Littoral-Inner Carniola, where 33 percent live, Central Slovenia, where 20 percent live and Coastal-Karst, where 18 percent live. Apart from Slovenia this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 24 percent live and Serbia, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pozar93757/
Požár93305/
Pożar931/
Pojar802,496/
Posar80243/
Pužar80168/
Pocar80134/
Požarová773/
Pozhar731,856/
Pozzar73750/
Pouzar73605/
Pozsar73190/
Poojar73176/
Pousar73142/
Pozgar7362/
Posard7340/
Pojhar7314/
Posare736/
Pojard735/
Pozard733/
Pozare733/
Poezar733/
Phojar733/
Pojare732/
Pozaar731/
Potjar731/
Poisar731/
Pozart730/
Posart730/
Pourzar67817/
Pousard67104/
Poojare6759/
Pouzard6755/
Poojhar6750/
Poisard6739/
Phojard6722/
Poujard6711/
Posaart675/
Posaard673/
Phousar671/
Podjare671/
Poosart671/
Phosarp671/
Pozzard671/
Poojair671/
Poijear671/
Pozharh671/
Poojahr671/

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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
  • 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 Požar
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