Kovtyk Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Kovtyk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kovtyk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine971:469,30654,721
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kovtyk Last Name Facts

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

Kovtyk (Russian: Ковтык) is more frequently found in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kovtyk? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,849,867th most widespread surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname Kovtyk occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Kovtyk reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

Kovtyk is most frequently held in Ukraine, where it is borne by 97 people, or 1 in 469,306. In Ukraine Kovtyk is primarily found in: Chernivtsi Oblast, where 38 percent reside, Lviv Oblast, where 37 percent reside and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Ukraine it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kovtykh924/
Kovtik83302/
Kovtek8332/
Kowtyk8312/
Kovtykova8010/
Kovtkova7145/
Kowtek6713/
Koftek679/
Kovtikova671/
Kowtik671/
Kowtike621/
Kobtig501/

Kovtyk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kovtyk in the Russian language
Ковтыкkovtyk-

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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 Kovtyk
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