Kovenko Surname

482,629th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 690 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Kovenko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kovenko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine4421:102,99314,738
Russia1811:796,26065,438
Belarus501:190,02124,552
France71:9,488,960336,266
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kovenko Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kovenko (Russian: Ковенко) is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kovenko? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 482,629th most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 10,561,661 people. The surname Kovenko occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Kovenko are found; 87 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 85 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Ukraine, where it is carried by 442 people, or 1 in 102,993. In Ukraine it is mostly found in: Rivne Oblast, where 65 percent reside, Donetsk Oblast, where 7 percent reside and Volyn Oblast, where 4 percent reside. Not including Ukraine this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 26 percent reside and Belarus, where 7 percent reside.

Kovenko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (89%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (91%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Kovenko last name are 16.39% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 63.16% registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kovenko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kovenko in the Russian language
Ковенкоkovenko-

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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 Kovenko
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