Klimenko Surname

8,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69,473 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Klimenko Surname User-submission:

Klymenko (Ukrainian: Клименко) is a Ukrainian surname that derives from the given name Klym, which originated from the Latin Clement.

Klimenko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia56,9221:2,532247
Kazakhstan6,5611:2,695309
Belarus2,4311:3,908455
Kyrgyzstan8301:7,1961,299
United States3721:974,35272,340
Uzbekistan3271:94,5856,551
Latvia2211:9,2761,371
Israel2101:40,7515,559
Turkmenistan1671:32,869635
Germany1661:484,97341,888
Estonia1421:9,3081,284
Transnistria1341:3,543596
Moldova1191:29,9274,795
Lithuania1111:27,3394,855
Georgia1061:35,3355,185
Thailand971:728,230119,953
France701:948,896108,010
Poland631:603,31354,622
Canada611:604,02649,778
Azerbaijan401:241,2285,983
Finland361:152,68613,963
Tajikistan351:239,6202,085
Australia311:870,82953,581
Greece241:461,65859,466
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
England221:2,532,63991,802
Norway131:395,56035,657
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Czechia111:966,67976,885
Bulgaria111:634,44625,919
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Armenia71:418,5978,462
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
North Macedonia61:350,24517,994
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
India51:153,413,076951,030
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Montenegro41:159,8915,521
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
China21:683,660,78330,601
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

The alternate forms: Kļimenko (1) & Klimeńko (1) are calculated separately.

Klimenko Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Klymenko (Ukrainian: Клименко) is a Ukrainian surname that derives from the given name Klym, which originated from the Latin Clement.

- Junie

Klimenko Last Name Facts

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

The last name Klimenko (Georgian: კლიმენკო, Russian: Клименко) occurs in Russia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Kļimenko or Klimeńko. Click here for other potential spellings of Klimenko.

How Common Is The Last Name Klimenko? popularity and diffusion

Klimenko is the 8,199th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 104,898 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Klimenko live; 66 percent live in Eastern Europe and 64 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

Klimenko is most common in Russia, where it is held by 56,922 people, or 1 in 2,532. In Russia Klimenko is most frequent in: Krasnodar Krai, where 14 percent are found, Rostov Oblast, where 10 percent are found and Altai Krai, where 6 percent are found. Barring Russia this surname exists in 62 countries. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 9 percent are found and Belarus, where 3 percent are found.

Klimenko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Klimenko surname is chiefly Orthodox (90%) in Russia, Orthodox (95%) in Belarus, Orthodox (81%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (87%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Klimenko last name are 12.28% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 59.05% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Klimenko earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 33.14% less than the national average, earning 231,382 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.11% more than the national average, earning $44,924 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.18% more than the national average, earning $58,221 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Klimenko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Klimenko in the Georgian language
კლიმენკოklimenko-
Klimenko in the Russian language
Клименкоklimenko-

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