Khvust Surname

1,025,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Khvust Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Khvust Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine2331:195,37626,488
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Khvust Last Name Facts

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

The last name Khvust (Russian: Хвуст) is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Khvust? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,025,894th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Khvust live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name Khvust is most frequently used in Ukraine, where it is held by 233 people, or 1 in 195,376. In Ukraine it is primarily found in: Zakarpattia Oblast, where 91 percent reside, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 2 percent reside and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, where 2 percent reside. Other than Ukraine it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 4 percent reside and Slovakia, where 0 percent reside.

Khvust Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Khvust surname is chiefly Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khvut911/
Khvus911/
Khvist8312/
Khvu808/
Kvut801/
Kvist735,734/
Khbus732/
Khvau731/
Kvout731/
Åkvist6795/
Kvisth6720/
Khvoet6715/
Kvu679/
Khvoes673/
Khwuse671/
Økvist671/
Kvushh671/
Kvistø671/
Khbout671/
Kvause671/

Khvust Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Khvust in the Russian language
Хвустhvust-

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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 Khvust
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