Štraus Surname
Approximately 642 people bear this surname
Štraus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 518 | 1:4,802 | 937 |
| Czechia | 50 | 1:212,669 | 30,259 |
| Croatia | 31 | 1:136,407 | 19,258 |
| Slovakia | 30 | 1:177,882 | 30,511 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
The alternate forms: Straus (6,993) & Strauś (1) are calculated separately.
Štraus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Štraus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Štraus occurs most in Slovenia. It can also appear as a variant: Straus or Strauś. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Štraus? popularity and diffusion
It is the 509,669th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 11,351,318 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Štraus are found; 87 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 87 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
It is most common in Slovenia, where it is held by 518 people, or 1 in 4,802. In Slovenia Štraus is mostly concentrated in: Drava, where 39 percent reside, Savinja, where 28 percent reside and Central Slovenia, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Slovenia Štraus occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 8 percent reside and Croatia, where 5 percent reside.
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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
- 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 Štraus
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