Brekhunets Surname

746,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 385 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Brekhunets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brekhunets Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine3021:150,73720,982
Russia701:2,058,901127,116
Belarus61:1,583,51089,472
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852

Brekhunets Last Name Facts

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

Brekhunets (Russian: Брехунец) is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brekhunets? popularity and diffusion

Brekhunets is the 746,827th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 18,928,691 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Brekhunets reside; 91 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 91 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The last name Brekhunets is most numerous in Ukraine, where it is held by 302 people, or 1 in 150,737. In Ukraine Brekhunets is most prevalent in: Donetsk Oblast, where 27 percent reside, Kirovohrad Oblast, where 27 percent reside and Kharkiv Oblast, where 17 percent reside. Barring Ukraine this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 18 percent reside and Belarus, where 2 percent reside.

Brekhunets Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Orthodox (82%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Brekhunets surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brekhounets955/
Brykhunets9037/
Brikhunets9021/
Brykunets8424/
Brikunets841/
Brechunec744/
Brekunitch7014/
Breckunitch678/
Brekkuni674/
Brecuner670/
Brekoni594/
Bricoune5617/

Brekhunets Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Brekhunets in the Russian language
Брехунецbrehunec-

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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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  • 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 Brekhunets
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