Litvinenko Surname

12,028th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46,674 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Litvinenko Surname User-submission:

A Ukrainian surname, referring to a Litvin, 'Lithuanian' in Ruthenian; A Belarussian. This surname hence means 'son of the Belarussian' (or rather, 'Litvin').

Litvinenko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia37,5331:3,840437
Kazakhstan6,0621:2,917352
Belarus1,2461:7,6251,094
Kyrgyzstan2761:21,6403,714
Uzbekistan2671:115,8396,717
United States2001:1,812,295118,682
Transnistria1711:2,776425
Latvia1671:12,2761,815
Israel1531:55,9327,235
Estonia771:17,1662,887
Moldova601:59,3568,286
Turkmenistan561:98,0201,979
Lithuania511:59,5029,106
Canada461:800,99162,809
France401:1,660,568152,033
Georgia381:98,5678,726
Thailand371:1,909,144231,790
Azerbaijan361:268,0316,422
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
Bulgaria191:367,31117,687
Greece171:651,75273,285
England151:3,714,537119,675
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Abkhazia101:24,2862,078
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Tajikistan41:2,096,6737,416
Armenia41:732,54511,666
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
South Ossetia11:53,4321,287
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

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

Litvinenko Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A Ukrainian surname, referring to a Litvin, 'Lithuanian' in Ruthenian; A Belarussian. This surname hence means 'son of the Belarussian' (or rather, 'Litvin').

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Litvinenko Last Name Facts

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

The surname Litvinenko (Georgian: ლიტვინენკო, Russian: Литвиненко) is found most in Russia. It can also appear in the variant forms: Ļitviņenko. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Litvinenko? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 12,028th most numerous family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 156,137 people. The surname Litvinenko is mostly found in Europe, where 55 percent of Litvinenko live; 55 percent live in Eastern Europe and 54 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Russia, where it is borne by 37,533 people, or 1 in 3,840. In Russia it is most numerous in: Krasnodar Krai, where 12 percent live, Primorsky Krai, where 10 percent live and Stavropol Krai, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Russia it is found in 53 countries. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 13 percent live and Belarus, where 3 percent live.

Litvinenko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Orthodox (97%) in Belarus, Orthodox (88%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Litvinenko last name are 11.85% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 58.62% being registered with the party.

The amount Litvinenko earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.33% less than the national average, earning $41,279 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.31% more than the national average, earning $53,811 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Litvinenko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Litvinenko in the Georgian language
ლიტვინენკოlitvinenko-
Litvinenko in the Russian language
Литвиненкоlitvinenko-

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