Kovtunenko Surname

99,917th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,732 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Kovtunenko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kovtunenko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine3,1461:14,4701,911
Russia1,3531:106,52113,017
Belarus1061:89,63313,978
Transnistria371:12,8302,513
Kazakhstan371:477,90535,586
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Kyrgyzstan61:995,44257,680
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
England41:13,929,515290,718
Latvia31:683,34934,074
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Kovtuņenko (1) are calculated separately.

Kovtunenko Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kovtunenko (Russian: Ковтуненко) is borne by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Kovtuņenko. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kovtunenko? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kovtunenko is the 99,917th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,540,056 people. The last name Kovtunenko is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Kovtunenko live; 92 percent live in Eastern Europe and 91 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Kovtunenko is most frequently used in Ukraine, where it is carried by 3,146 people, or 1 in 14,470. In Ukraine Kovtunenko is most numerous in: Kiev, where 17 percent reside, Donetsk Oblast, where 13 percent reside and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 9 percent reside. Barring Ukraine it exists in 21 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 29 percent reside and Belarus, where 2 percent reside.

Kovtunenko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Kovtunenko last name is primarily Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (82%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Kovtunenko surname are 11.82% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 58.59% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kovtunenko earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 86.1% more than the national average, earning $80,300 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.11% more than the national average, earning $50,236 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kovtunenko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kovtunenko in the Russian language
Ковтуненкоkovtunenko-

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Footnotes

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