Car

org · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/kɑɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Car is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Croatia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ). Doublet of cesarz, cezar, and kajzer.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 168K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 434K
  • HRCroatia1 in 1.7K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Croatia (measured from records)

2,492 people, 2021

Sources
208 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Croatia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Caer in BE Belgium, FR France and Çar in TR Türkiye.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ). Doublet of cesarz, cezar, and kajzer.

Sources 4

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Car counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Car is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HR Croatia2,4921 in 1.7K2.5K—3
US United States7671 in 434K1.1KCar208
FR France≈730 est.≈1 in 93K46Caer3
TR Türkiye≈650 est.≈1 in 126K—Çar4
DE Germany≈480 est.≈1 in 168K—Car48
PL Poland4201 in 91K224—1
SI Slovenia3631 in 5.8K363—6
BE Belgium1291 in 91K129Caer15

2,492 people counted by DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form), 2021. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Car is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Croatian surname43 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Bulgaria

    Languages: Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian

    Also written Čar, Цар, Ćar, Кър, Tsar

  • French surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Morocco, Canada

    Also written Çar, Ćàr, Čär, Čãr, Ćãr

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Çar, Čår

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Ćar, Çar, Cár, Čar, Cār

  • Portuguese name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil

    Also written Cár, Cãř

  • Turkish surname12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Netherlands, Belgium

    Also written Çar, Çär, Çàr, Çáŕ, Çãŕ

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Çár, Çãr, Çåř, Çar, Čąŗ

  • Polish name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland

    Also written Čar, Ćàŕ, Cãr, Çar

61 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Marko Car, b. 1859Stanisław Car, b. 1882Pero Car, b. 1920Roberto Car, b. 1947Marek Car, b. 1953Mirosław Car, b. 1960Nicole Car, b. 1985Marko Car, b. 1985Joshua Car, b. 2000

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 38 sources across 19 countries.

Official registers attesting Car
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)20212.5K#127
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)20212.2K—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.1K#24,345
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010767#30,442
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000564#37,200
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020376#16,155
SI Sloveniastat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)—363#994
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020327#16,155
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026224—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—224#14,728
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026196—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—196#16,475

Reference works 6

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Car mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ). Doublet of cesarz, cezar, and kajzer. Recorded by Digital Pāḷi Dictionary and Wiktionary and 2 other sources.
How do you pronounce Car?
A machine transcription gives /kɑɹ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Car have the most bearers?
In Croatia, the national register counted about 2.5 thousand people named Car, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Car most common?
Car is densest in Croatia, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.7 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Car?
In Croatia, the national register counted 2,492 people named Car in 2021, about 1 in 1.7 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Car”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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