Fomchenkova Surname

298,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,277 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Fomchenkova Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from the name Foma, a Russian variant of the name Thomas. The rest of the surname means 'descendant of'. Many surnames that end with -enkov(a) or -enkoff are the result of russification of Ukranian surnames ending with -enko, which happened often among Don Cossacks.

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Fomchenkova Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia1,1161:129,14315,254
Ukraine1191:382,54446,655
Belarus371:256,78530,179
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271

Fomchenkova Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from the name Foma, a Russian variant of the name Thomas. The rest of the surname means 'descendant of'. Many surnames that end with -enkov(a) or -enkoff are the result of russification of Ukranian surnames ending with -enko, which happened often among Don Cossacks.

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Fomchenkova Last Name Facts

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

Fomchenkova (Russian: Фомченкова) is most common in Russia. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fomchenkova? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 298,199th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 5,706,770 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Fomchenkova live; 94 percent live in Eastern Europe and 93 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

Fomchenkova is most widely held in Russia, where it is carried by 1,116 people, or 1 in 129,143. In Russia Fomchenkova is most prevalent in: Smolensk Oblast, where 54 percent live, Bryansk Oblast, where 8 percent live and Moscow Oblast, where 5 percent live. Apart from Russia this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 9 percent live and Belarus, where 3 percent live.

Fomchenkova Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Fomchenkova last name is principally Orthodox (93%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Fomchenkova last name are 14.93% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 61.7% registered with the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Fomchenkova Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fomchenkova in the Russian language
Фомченковаfomcenkova-

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