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
Štraus is held by more people in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Straus or Strauś. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Štraus? popularity and diffusion
The surname Štraus is the 509,669th most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,351,318 people. Štraus is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Štraus live; 87 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 87 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Slovenia, where it is held by 518 people, or 1 in 4,802. In Slovenia it is mostly concentrated in: Drava, where 39 percent reside, Savinja, where 28 percent reside and Central Slovenia, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Slovenia it 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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