Cherkass Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Cherkass Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 74 | 1:1,947,609 | 122,573 |
| Ukraine | 47 | 1:968,568 | 91,201 |
| Belarus | 15 | 1:633,404 | 54,314 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
Cherkass Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cherkass Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cherkass (Russian: Черкасс) is held by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cherkass? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,497,948th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. Cherkass is predominantly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Cherkass live; 84 percent live in Eastern Europe and 84 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
Cherkass is most frequently used in Russia, where it is borne by 74 people, or 1 in 1,947,609. In Russia Cherkass is most prevalent in: Moscow, where 15 percent are found, Krasnodar Krai, where 11 percent are found and Rostov Oblast, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Russia Cherkass occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 34 percent are found and Belarus, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherkas | 93 | 8,874 | / |
| Cerkass | 93 | 2 | / |
| Herkass | 93 | 1 | / |
| Cherkoss | 88 | 20 | / |
| Cherkash | 88 | 19 | / |
| Chercass | 88 | 15 | / |
| Charkass | 88 | 12 | / |
| Tcherkas | 88 | 7 | / |
| Cerkas | 86 | 65 | / |
| Herkas | 86 | 5 | / |
| Cherkassova | 84 | 94 | / |
| Tscherkas | 82 | 22 | / |
| Cherkos | 80 | 5,022 | / |
| Czerkas | 80 | 769 | / |
| Charkas | 80 | 110 | / |
| Herkash | 80 | 5 | / |
| Cherkaz | 80 | 5 | / |
| Chercas | 80 | 2 | / |
| Chorkas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cirkass | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hearkas | 80 | 0 | / |
| Cherkasova | 78 | 40,785 | / |
| Tscherkassowa | 76 | 1 | / |
| Cherkach | 75 | 68 | / |
| Chirkash | 75 | 41 | / |
| Cherkose | 75 | 21 | / |
| Charkash | 75 | 9 | / |
| Charrkas | 75 | 6 | / |
| Czcerkas | 75 | 4 | / |
| Cherkosh | 75 | 3 | / |
| Heerekas | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kherkhas | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tscerkas | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cherkashova | 74 | 135 | / |
| Cercas | 71 | 1,225 | / |
| Hyrkas | 71 | 241 | / |
| Cerkasova | 71 | 113 | / |
| Kheirkhas | 71 | 92 | / |
| Zerkas | 71 | 6 | / |
| Cherkache | 71 | 3 | / |
| Herkaz | 71 | 3 | / |
| Cirkas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Herkousse | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hercas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tscherkasowa | 70 | 1 | / |
| Charcas | 67 | 1,612 | / |
| Herkous | 67 | 817 | / |
| Kheirkhash | 67 | 356 | / |
| Chirqas | 67 | 88 | / |
| Charkaz | 67 | 31 | / |
| Charkos | 67 | 25 | / |
| Chirkasova | 67 | 19 | / |
| Cherkazova | 67 | 19 | / |
| Cierkos | 67 | 15 | / |
| Cherkosova | 67 | 8 | / |
| Chyrkasova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jerkaas | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cherkozova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cercaas | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kheyrkhash | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tcerkasova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Herkose | 67 | 1 | / |
| Czerkaś | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hirkash | 67 | 1 | / |
| Čerkassová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cercassova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Czirkas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Czearkasch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Herkatz | 67 | 0 | / |
Cherkass Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cherkass in the Russian language | ||
| Черкасс | cerkass | - |
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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 Cherkass
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