Zagars Surname

985,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 261 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Zagars Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zagars Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia1611:12,7331,887
United States921:3,939,771214,590
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Žagars (12) are calculated separately.

Zagars Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zagars occurs in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Žagars. For other possible spellings of Zagars click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zagars? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zagars is the 985,740th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,921,632 people. Zagars occurs predominantly in Europe, where 64 percent of Zagars live; 63 percent live in Northern Europe and 62 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in Latvia, where it is carried by 161 people, or 1 in 12,733. In Latvia Zagars is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 84 percent are found, Latgale, where 9 percent are found and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Latvia this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 35 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Zagars Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Zagars are 1.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.61% being registered to vote for the political party.

Zagars earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.07% less than the national average, earning $34,487 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Žagars9412/
Zhagars923/
Szaggars8626/
Zagers83836/
Jagars8335/
Sagars8315/
Zagors8313/
Zegars833/
Jaggars77405/
Sangars77108/
Saggars7783/
Seagars7768/
Zeagers776/
Zaggers772/
Tsagars771/
Seagears7126/
Sangarsh7113/
Sanghars714/
Zegers675,246/
Segars672,874/
Sagers671,156/
Jagors6725/
Sangharsh6722/
Sogars671/
Zégers671/
Zogers671/

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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 Zagars
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