Kovtun Surname

10,235th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54,983 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Kovtun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kovtun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine32,3771:1,40666
Russia19,2131:7,501974
Kazakhstan1,4221:12,4351,891
Belarus7361:12,9092,014
United States3061:1,184,50684,519
Transnistria1781:2,667404
Uzbekistan1471:210,4027,541
Kyrgyzstan1311:45,5936,754
Estonia611:21,6693,800
Moldova491:72,6819,595
Turkmenistan461:119,3292,383
Lithuania421:72,25210,722
Germany291:2,776,050134,833
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
Tajikistan161:524,1683,647
Czechia161:664,59262,292
Georgia131:288,11913,907
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
Azerbaijan121:804,09413,104
Ecuador111:1,445,98617,636
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Armenia101:293,0186,863
Israel101:855,76354,181
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
France81:8,302,840321,660
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Bulgaria51:1,395,78141,665
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Tonga41:26,828461
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
England41:13,929,515290,718
Latvia31:683,34934,074
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
China21:683,660,78330,601
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Kovtun Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kovtun (Georgian: კოვტუნ, Russian: Ковтун) is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kovtun? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kovtun is the 10,235th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 132,542 people. The surname Kovtun is predominantly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Kovtun reside; 85 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 84 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Ukraine, where it is held by 32,377 people, or 1 in 1,406. In Ukraine Kovtun is mostly found in: Kiev, where 9 percent live, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 8 percent live and Kiev Oblast, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Ukraine this last name exists in 53 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 35 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 3 percent live.

Kovtun Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Orthodox (90%) in Russia, Orthodox (95%) in Belarus, Orthodox (80%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (85%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Kovtun surname are 10.53% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 57.3% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kovtun earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.43% more than the national average, earning $45,494 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.55% more than the national average, earning $55,420 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kovtoun9262/
Khovtun9212/
Kovtune9210/
Kovtunn922/
Kkovtun922/
Koftun83323/
Covtun83229/
Kowtun83183/
Kavtun8324/
Kovton8311/
Kovtum831/
Kovtunova802,724/
Kovtunová8022/
Koftoun771/
Khavtun771/
Koftunova6747/
Kofton6743/
Kavtunova6733/
Cowtun6723/
Kowton6714/
Covtunova679/
Kaftun675/
Coftun673/
Kowtum671/
Kóvtunová671/
Kawtung629/
Khaftun623/
Koftoum621/
Khawtun621/
Khabtun621/
Kaftunova5316/
Cavtunova531/
Cowton50677/
Kafton50313/
Cofton5013/
Kawton500/

Kovtun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kovtun in the Georgian language
კოვტუნkovtun-
Kovtun in the Russian language
Ковтунkovtun-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kovtun
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