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Where Does The Last Name Cherkes Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Cherkes (Russian: Черкес) has its highest incidence in Ukraine. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Cherkes.

How Common Is The Last Name Cherkes? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 178,955^th most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,055,575 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Cherkes live; 90 percent live in Eastern Europe and 83 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 818,356^th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 129 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Ukraine, where it is borne by 1,214 people, or 1 in 37,498. In Ukraine Cherkes is mostly found in: Odessa Oblast, where 18 percent live, Vinnytsia Oblast, where 14 percent live and Donetsk Oblast, where 10 percent live. Barring Ukraine this surname occurs in 22 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 31 percent live and Belarus, where 12 percent live.

Cherkes Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Muslim (84%) in Russia, Orthodox (90%) in Belarus and Orthodox (92%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Cherkes last name are 6.34% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 40.43% being registered with the party.

Cherkes earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 41.7% less than the national average, earning $25,156 USD per year.