Babkevich Surname

734,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 394 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Babkevich Surname User-submission:

The Babkevich surname comes from the name, which means 'woman who had to rule over the family, after her husband's death'.

Babkevich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus2751:34,5495,980
Russia871:1,656,587109,852
Kazakhstan291:609,74142,435
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770

Babkevich Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Babkevich surname comes from the name, which means 'woman who had to rule over the family, after her husband's death'.

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Babkevich Last Name Facts

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

Babkevich (Russian: Бабкевич) occurs most in Belarus. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Babkevich? popularity and diffusion

The last name Babkevich is the 734,496th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,496,309 people. The last name Babkevich is predominantly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Babkevich live; 89 percent live in Eastern Europe and 88 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most common in Belarus, where it is carried by 275 people, or 1 in 34,549. In Belarus it is mostly found in: Minsk, where 46 percent live, Minsk Region, where 36 percent live and Grodno Region, where 11 percent live. Beside Belarus this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 22 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 7 percent live.

Babkevich Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Orthodox (43%) in Russia, Orthodox (82%) in Belarus and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Babkevich last name are 23.23% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 70% registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Babkevich Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Babkevich in the Russian language
Бабкевичbabkevic-

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