Kravets Surname

10,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52,377 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Kravets Surname Definition:

(Czech-Slovakian, Polish, Ukranian) One who made outer garments, a tailor.

Kravets Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine33,6371:1,35360
Russia13,5781:10,6141,462
Belarus1,6821:5,649767
Kazakhstan1,3491:13,1081,992
United States1,0601:341,94230,775
Transnistria3941:1,205107
Uzbekistan1091:283,7548,225
Canada1061:347,60031,502
Moldova911:39,1365,990
Germany541:1,490,84290,195
Estonia541:24,4784,454
Turkmenistan461:119,3292,383
Kyrgyzstan401:149,31616,115
Israel221:388,98331,283
Azerbaijan141:689,22311,826
Finland121:458,05828,977
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
England101:5,571,806158,774
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Tajikistan91:931,8555,350
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Georgia71:535,07818,425
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Turkey61:12,970,237144,247
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Kravets Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Czech-Slovakian, Polish, Ukranian) One who made outer garments, a tailor.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Kravets Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kravets (Arabic: كرافيتس, Georgian: კრავეც, Russian: Кравец) occurs more in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kravets? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 10,735th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 139,136 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Kravets live; 86 percent live in Eastern Europe and 85 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Ukraine, where it is borne by 33,637 people, or 1 in 1,353. In Ukraine Kravets is most common in: Lviv Oblast, where 13 percent reside, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 11 percent reside and Vinnytsia Oblast, where 9 percent reside. Beside Ukraine this last name exists in 50 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 26 percent reside and Belarus, where 3 percent reside.

Kravets Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (87%) in Russia, Orthodox (84%) in Belarus, Orthodox (94%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (77%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Kravets are 10.03% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 56.8% being registered with the party.

The amount Kravets earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0% more than the national average, earning $43,151 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.6% more than the national average, earning $54,951 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kraevets9351/
Kravetts9314/
Kravetss935/
Kraviets932/
Krayvets931/
Kraveuts931/
Kravetzs931/
Kravetsz931/
Kravetsch882/
Kravetz862,166/
Kravits86262/
Krovets86130/
Krevets8636/
Kravecs8628/
Cravets8623/
Krawets862/
Kravetc862/
Kraveds861/
Kravetsova826/
Kravietz8020/
Kravitts8012/
Kravetch8012/
Kraveitz806/
Krayvits805/
Cravetts805/
Kravytts803/
Kroivets802/
Kraivetz802/
Kravestz801/
Kravec771,530/
Kravez7730/
Kravitz716,068/
Krawetz71445/
Cravetz71112/
Kraviec7180/
Krovetz7179/
Kravecz7163/
Kravytz7118/
Kraviez7118/
Kravech7114/
Krabetz7113/
Crovets715/
Kraivec714/
Cravits712/
Krobets711/
Krevetz711/
Kravitsova711/
Kravitc711/
Krevits711/
Krabits711/
Crevets711/
Kravics711/
Krawietz671,169/
Kravitch6716/
Kravitcz6711/
Kraubetz6710/
Kraviecz679/
Krauviec677/
Cravitts672/
Krovetcz672/
Krayvitz671/
Kroivetz671/

Kravets Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kravets in the Georgian language
კრავეცkravets-
Kravets in the Russian language
Кравецkravec-
Kravets in the Arabic language
كرافيتسkrafyts-

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