Šoster Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Šoster Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 138 | 1:18,027 | 4,165 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 1:700,491 | 23,754 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
The alternate forms: Soster (2,055), Šošter (117), Sõster (42), Sóster (1), Sôster (1) & Söster (1) are calculated separately.
Šoster Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šoster Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Šoster is more commonly found in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Soster, Šošter, Sõster, Sóster, Sôster or Söster. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Šoster? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,484,726th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šoster live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Slovenia, where it is carried by 138 people, or 1 in 18,027. In Slovenia it is most common in: Savinja, where 38 percent are found, Drava, where 20 percent are found and Southeast Slovenia, where 20 percent are found. Barring Slovenia Šoster is found in 2 countries. It is also common in North Macedonia, where 2 percent are found and Croatia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Šoster
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis