Šár Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Šár Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Šár Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia141:759,53467,321
Slovakia41:1,334,11294,300

The alternate forms: Sár (73), Šar (18), Sar (58,252), Şar (4,218) & Sâr (1) are calculated separately.

Šár Last Name Facts

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

The last name Šár occurs most in Czechia. It can occur as a variant: Sár, Šar, Sar, Şar or Sâr. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Šár? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,649,889th most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Šár is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šár live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The last name Šár is most commonly held in Czechia, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 759,534. In Czechia Šár is most frequent in: Pardubice Region, where 71 percent are found, Prague, where 14 percent are found and Hradec Králové Region, where 7 percent are found. Besides Czechia this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Slovakia, where 22 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sár8973/
Šar8918/
Šára86240/
Šaár8629/
Šáro8620/
Šári8617/
Šáry865/
Pšár861/
Šáró861/
Sar7858,252/
Şar784,218/
Sâr781/
Šárai7519/
Šáray758/
Šír67895/
Šárová67267/
Šúr67107/
Šer6773/
Šur6744/
Šor6731/
Šir6715/
Žár674/
Šér672/
Zár671/

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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 Šár
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