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 borne by more people in Bosnia and Herzegovina than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Sumar, Sümar or Súmar. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Šumar? popularity and diffusion
Šumar is the 517,348th most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 11,567,533 people. Šumar is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šumar are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
This last name is most commonly used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is borne by 434 people, or 1 in 8,148. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it is primarily concentrated in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 76 percent live and Republika Srpska, where 24 percent live. Not including Bosnia and Herzegovina this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 13 percent live and Serbia, where 12 percent live.
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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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