Šumar Surname
Approximately 630 people bear this surname
Šumar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 434 | 1:8,148 | 1,651 |
| Slovenia | 85 | 1:29,267 | 6,001 |
| Serbia | 76 | 1:94,012 | 7,688 |
| Croatia | 26 | 1:162,639 | 21,299 |
| Montenegro | 9 | 1:71,063 | 3,870 |
The alternate forms: Sumar (40,189), Sümar (234) & Súmar (1) are calculated separately.
Šumar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šumar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Šumar is carried by more people in Bosnia and Herzegovina than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Sumar, Sümar or Súmar. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Šumar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 517,348th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 11,567,533 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šumar live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Šumar is most numerous in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is borne by 434 people, or 1 in 8,148. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Šumar is most numerous in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 76 percent are found and Republika Srpska, where 24 percent are found. Not including Bosnia and Herzegovina Šumar is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Slovenia, where 13 percent are found and Serbia, where 12 percent are found.
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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 Šumar
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