Kovkun Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Kovkun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kovkun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine291:1,569,748122,792
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Kovkun Last Name Facts

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

Kovkun (Russian: Ковкун) is more frequently found in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Kovkun click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kovkun? popularity and diffusion

Kovkun is the 3,323,005th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. Kovkun occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Kovkun reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 97 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Ukraine, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 1,569,748. In Ukraine it is most frequent in: Chernihiv Oblast, where 90 percent live and Kiev, where 10 percent live. Other than Ukraine Kovkun is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 14 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Kovkun Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Kovkun last name is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khovkun924/
Khovkhun86146/
Kavkun8345/
Kopkun8322/
Kobkun834/
Kowkun833/
Khavkun7779/
Kopkhun7748/
Khobkun774/
Khopkun772/
Kovcune771/
Khopkhun71235/
Khavkhun71228/
Khobkhun7113/
Khovkhunova718/
Kowcun67183/
Kobkum6714/
Kopkon675/
Cofkun673/
Kowkum672/
Kavkunova672/
Kopkunova671/

Kovkun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kovkun in the Russian language
Ковкунkovkun-

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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 Kovkun
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