Čotar Surname

823,466th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 337 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Čotar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Čotar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia2921:8,5191,947
Croatia301:140,95319,667
Serbia111:649,54122,440
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Cotar (1,233) are calculated separately.

Čotar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Čotar is found most frequently in Slovenia. It can occur in the variant forms: Cotar. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Čotar? popularity and diffusion

The last name Čotar is the 823,466th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 21,624,765 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Čotar reside; 99 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most common in Slovenia, where it is carried by 292 people, or 1 in 8,519. In Slovenia Čotar is mostly found in: Gorizia, where 52 percent live, Coastal-Karst, where 30 percent live and Central Slovenia, where 8 percent live. Not including Slovenia Čotar exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 9 percent live and Serbia, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cotar931,233/
Zotar80247/
Čatar8019/
Coutar73174/
Cottar73122/
Chotar7371/
Zottar7344/
Cotair7313/
Csotar733/
Zoetar732/
Zoutar731/
Cothar730/
Cottaar6758/
Chhotar6742/
Chothar6717/
Choutar679/
Chotare677/
Coutayr674/
Coutear674/
Choitar671/
Cothair671/
Cottarr670/

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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 Čotar
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