Barkovs Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Barkovs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Barkovs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia1261:16,2702,416
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Barkovs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Barkovs has its highest incidence in Latvia. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Barkovs? popularity and diffusion

Barkovs is the 1,589,322nd most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Barkovs live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Latvia, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 16,270. In Latvia it is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 90 percent are found, Latgale, where 6 percent are found and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 2 percent are found. Not including Latvia this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Barkov9210,487/
Barkova8611,512/
Barkhov8626/
Berkovs863/
Borkovs861/
Baarkov861/
Batrkov861/
Barkhova8013/
Baarkova801/
Bayrekov801/
Barckova801/
Barkow771,595/
Borkov771,266/
Varkov77846/
Barkof7716/
Barcov7712/
Barcovsch752/
Borkova711,471/
Barkoff71312/
Barkhof71205/
Varkhov7144/
Barckow7135/
Barcova7114/
Bourkov718/
Borcovs718/
Hvarkov717/
Borkhov716/
Bearkow712/
Bharkav711/
Barkowa711/
Barckof710/
Barkhow710/
Barkhoff67500/
Borzhkov6721/
Borkhova675/
Bourkova674/
Barckhof672/
Bourkhov671/
Barkhoof670/

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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 Barkovs
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