Šoštar Surname

591,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 527 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Šoštar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Šoštar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia3741:11,3062,113
Slovenia1511:16,4753,846
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Šostar (56), Sostar (142), Sõstar (47) & Söstar (2) are calculated separately.

Šoštar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Šoštar (Marathi: टर) is found in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Šostar, Sostar, Sõstar or Söstar. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Šoštar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 591,720th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 13,828,360 people. The surname Šoštar occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šoštar are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Croatia, where it is carried by 374 people, or 1 in 11,306. In Croatia it is primarily concentrated in: Krapina-Zagorje County, where 34 percent live, Zagreb County, where 28 percent live and City of Zagreb, where 16 percent live. Beside Croatia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Slovenia, where 29 percent live and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šostar9456/
Sostar89142/
Šuštar831,224/
Sõstar8347/
Söstar832/
Šoustar7748/
Sotar73476/
Zotar73247/
Šatar731/
Soutar673,679/
Sothar67356/
Sottar67118/
Sotare6779/
Šustar6771/
Chotar6771/
Zottar6744/
Shotar6713/
Sotahr6710/
Sootar6710/
Soytar678/
Suštar674/
Sotear673/
Sohtar673/
Sotarh671/
Sotarz671/
Zoutar671/
Sotgar671/
Sotaur671/

Šoštar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Šoštar in the Marathi language
टरtara-

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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 Šoštar
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