Pásztor Surname

37,744th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,949 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Pásztor Surname User-submission:

The meaning of the Pásztor surname is 'shepherd', or in transferred sense 'pastor', a religious person as vicar or minister.

Pásztor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary12,8451:76470
Slovakia9611:5,553453
Czechia671:158,70824,305
Romania481:418,28933,624
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Serbia41:1,786,23730,138
England31:18,572,686338,250
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

The alternate forms: Pasztor (2,410) & Păsztor (1) are calculated separately.

Pásztor Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The meaning of the Pásztor surname is 'shepherd', or in transferred sense 'pastor', a religious person as vicar or minister.

- vasaszsolt

Pásztor Last Name Facts

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

Pásztor is more commonly found in Hungary than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Pasztor or Păsztor. Click here for further potential spellings of Pásztor.

How Common Is The Last Name Pásztor? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 37,744th most prevalent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 522,442 people. The last name Pásztor occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pásztor reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 92 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Hungary, where it is carried by 12,845 people, or 1 in 764. In Hungary Pásztor is most numerous in: Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 18 percent reside, Pest County, where 17 percent reside and Budapest, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Hungary this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 7 percent reside and Czechia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pasztor952,410/
Păsztor951/
Pástor92584/
Pázstor8611/
Posztor861/
Pastor77143,915/
Postor77544/
Paztor775/
Pàstor774/
Pástorová75607/
Pastore7139,442/
Pastoor712,067/
Pastour71789/
Paustor71100/
Pasztorova7173/
Pasztorová7160/
Pastohr7116/
Passtor717/
Paztore717/
Pazstor715/
Phostor714/
Pázstorová714/
Paastor713/
Pazthor712/
Pastoir711/
Pasdtor711/
Pásstorová711/
Pasztar711/
Postore711/
Peastor711/
Pastord711/
Poistor711/
Paistor710/
Passtore673/
Pastoure672/
Postoure672/
Pasttore671/
Posthour670/

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