Balchenko Surname

1,052,587th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 238 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Balchenko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balchenko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine1121:406,45348,989
Russia1111:1,298,40692,821
Belarus111:863,73365,346
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Balchenko Last Name Facts

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

The surname Balchenko (Russian: Бальченко) is found in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Balchenko? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,052,587th most numerous surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 30,619,941 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Balchenko live; 91 percent live in Eastern Europe and 91 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Ukraine, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 406,453. In Ukraine it is most numerous in: Chernihiv Oblast, where 20 percent live, Donetsk Oblast, where 19 percent live and Cherkasy Oblast, where 18 percent live. Other than Ukraine this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 47 percent live and Belarus, where 5 percent live.

Balchenko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Balchenko surname is predominantly Orthodox (57%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Balchenko surname are 16.87% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 63.64% registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Balchenko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Balchenko in the Russian language
Бальченкоbalcenko-

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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
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  • 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 Balchenko
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