Czar

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Czar is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Alternative spelling of tsar (especially common in American English).

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 99K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.4M
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 795K

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.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,100 people, est.

Sources
163 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 99K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Alternative spelling of tsar (especially common in American English)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Czar 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 Czar is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 99K—Czar45
US United States—2331 in 1.4M310Czar163
NG Nigeria—≈210 est.≈1 in 1M—Czar7
BR Brazil—≈70 est.≈1 in 3M85Czar1
MY Malaysia—≈37 est.≈1 in 876K—Czar7
CL Chile—≈16 est.≈1 in 1.2M1——
SG Singapore—≈8 est.≈1 in 795K—Czar5
TC Turks & Caicos Islands#434———Czar1

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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). 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)

Czar is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Mexico, Peru

    Also written C-Zar, C'Zar, C'Zâr

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, France, United States

    Also written Czár

  • Arabic given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Syria, Egypt, Philippines, Saudi Arabia

    Also written Çzâř, Czàr, Çzàr, Çzar

  • Hungarian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary

    Also written Czár, Czàr

38 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Czar is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In French, archaic spelling of tsar

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In German, obsolete form of Zar

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Polish, spell (magic)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Portuguese, tsar

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Czar
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020310#68,391
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010290#67,943
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000272#67,725
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—85#71,518
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 Czar mean, and where does it come from?
Alternative spelling of tsar (especially common in American English) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Czar a male or female name?
Czar is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Czar?
In the etymology graph, Caesar and Czarina are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Czar have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.1 thousand people named Czar in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled czar.
How common is the name Czar?
In the United States, the national register counted 233 people named Czar in 2020, about 1 in 1.4 million residents.
How common is Czar compared with other names?
In Turks & Caicos Islands, Czar is the 434th most common given name of 1,146 given names recorded there.

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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, “Czar” — the 434th most common given name in Turks & Caicos Islands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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