Cherkasy Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Palestine
Highest density in:
Palestine

Cherkasy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cherkasy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Palestine131:349,91111,386
Israel91:950,84857,975
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010

Cherkasy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cherkasy (Russian: Черкасы) occurs in Palestine more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cherkasy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,882,373rd most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Cherkasy reside; 96 percent reside in West Asia and 62 percent reside in Levant.

This last name is most frequently held in Palestine, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 349,911. In Palestine Cherkasy is mostly concentrated in: Nablus Governorate, where 100 percent live. Barring Palestine it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 35 percent live and Lebanon, where 8 percent live.

Cherkasy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Cherkasy last name is chiefly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

Cherkasy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Cherkasy in the Russian language
Черкасыcerkasy-

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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 Cherkasy
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