Kreshchenko Surname

427,422nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 808 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Kreshchenko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kreshchenko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine6141:74,14110,633
Russia1881:766,61263,669
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Kreshchenko Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kreshchenko is found most in Ukraine. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kreshchenko click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kreshchenko? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 427,422nd most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,019,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Kreshchenko live; 87 percent live in Eastern Europe and 87 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Ukraine, where it is held by 614 people, or 1 in 74,141. In Ukraine Kreshchenko is mostly concentrated in: Cherkasy Oblast, where 23 percent reside, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 17 percent reside and Odessa Oblast, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Ukraine it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 23 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Kreshchenko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Kreshchenko surname is primarily Orthodox (74%) in Ukraine.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kreshchenko
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