Kovtanets Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Kovtanets Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 138 | 1:329,875 | 41,364 |
| Russia | 41 | 1:3,515,196 | 179,721 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kovtanets Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kovtanets Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kovtanets (Russian: Ковтанец) is borne by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kovtanets? popularity and diffusion
Kovtanets is the 1,267,784th most widely held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Kovtanets are found; 93 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 93 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.
It is most frequently held in Ukraine, where it is held by 138 people, or 1 in 329,875. In Ukraine it is most common in: Cherkasy Oblast, where 43 percent live, Kiev, where 21 percent live and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 10 percent live. Other than Ukraine it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 23 percent live and Denmark, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kovtanets Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kovtanets in the Russian language | ||
| Ковтанец | kovtanec | - |
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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 Kovtanets
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