Kovtanets Surname

1,267,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 181 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Kovtanets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kovtanets Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine1381:329,87541,364
Russia411:3,515,196179,721
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kovtanets Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kovtanets (Russian: Ковтанец) occurs in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kovtanets? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,267,784th most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Kovtanets reside; 93 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 93 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Ukraine, where it is carried by 138 people, or 1 in 329,875. In Ukraine it is mostly found in: Cherkasy Oblast, where 43 percent live, Kiev, where 21 percent live and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 10 percent live. Apart from Ukraine it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 23 percent live and Denmark, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koubtane711/
Kavtana637/
Koftani634/
Kaftanis59141/
Kawtanee595/
Kowthana591/
Coftaner591/
Koftanych561/
Khobthani561/
Kaftani50133/
Kabtani503/
Cavtani501/
Cavtana501/
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Kovtanets Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kovtanets in the Russian language
Ковтанецkovtanec-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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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