Kozhevnikov Surname

17,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32,186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Kozhevnikov Surname User-submission:

Patronymic form of the name Kozhevnik, meaning 'currier'.

Kozhevnikov Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia29,5681:4,874584
Kazakhstan1,5321:11,5421,776
Belarus5281:17,9942,971
Kyrgyzstan1261:47,4026,961
Uzbekistan1141:271,3088,096
United States1031:3,519,019197,606
Turkmenistan651:84,4481,659
Canada271:1,364,65295,501
Azerbaijan201:482,4569,378
Tajikistan161:524,1683,647
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Moldova101:356,13727,160
Transnistria81:59,3378,632
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
England61:9,286,343223,652
Georgia61:624,25819,750
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Armenia31:976,72713,552
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Kozhevnikov Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Patronymic form of the name Kozhevnik, meaning 'currier'.

- Junie

Kozhevnikov Last Name Facts

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

Kozhevnikov (Georgian: კოჟევნიკოვი, Russian: Кожевников) has its highest incidence in Russia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kozhevnikov? popularity and diffusion

It is the 17,216th most frequent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 226,420 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Kozhevnikov live; 63 percent live in Eastern Europe and 63 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Russia, where it is carried by 29,568 people, or 1 in 4,874. In Russia it is most prevalent in: Chelyabinsk Oblast, where 6 percent live, Moscow, where 6 percent live and Sverdlovsk Oblast, where 5 percent live. Outside of Russia this surname occurs in 34 countries. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 5 percent live and Belarus, where 2 percent live.

Kozhevnikov Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Orthodox (90%) in Russia, Orthodox (87%) in Belarus, Orthodox (92%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (89%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Kozhevnikov last name are 7.64% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 54.41% being registered with the party.

The amount Kozhevnikov earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 13.84% more than the national average, earning $49,120 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.8% less than the national average, earning $43,324 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kozhevnikov Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kozhevnikov in the Georgian language
კოჟევნიკოვიkozhevnikovi-
Kozhevnikov in the Russian language
Кожевниковkozevnikov-

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