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

The surname Pásztor is held by more people in Hungary than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Pasztor or Păsztor. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pásztor? popularity and diffusion

It is the 37,744th most commonly held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 522,442 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pásztor live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 92 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

It is most common in Hungary, where it is held by 12,845 people, or 1 in 764. In Hungary it is mostly found in: Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 18 percent are found, Pest County, where 17 percent are found and Budapest, where 14 percent are found. Other than Hungary this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 7 percent are found and Czechia, where 0 percent are found.

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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