Nakvas Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Nakvas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nakvas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus721:131,95918,850
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Ukraine71:6,503,242257,739

Nakvas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nakvas (Russian: Наквас) is found most in Belarus. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nakvas? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,994,173rd most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name Nakvas occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Nakvas reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Belarus, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 131,959. In Belarus Nakvas is most frequent in: Minsk Region, where 82 percent live and Minsk, where 18 percent live. Besides Belarus Nakvas is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 10 percent live and Ukraine, where 8 percent live.

Nakvas Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Belarus.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nakivas921/
Nakhvash8644/
Nakhvasi865/
Nikvas8323/
Nykvas839/
Nakvos839/
Nagvas831/
Nakvasova8025/
Nkvs801/
Nagvasi7721/
Nakavis779/
Nikvasa771/
Naickvs771/
Nagvase771/
Nayakava S753/
Nkvsa731/
Nagavasi71231/
Nagavase7130/
Nagavasu718/
Nakavisi714/
Nakaviis714/
Naagvasu714/
Nakvisai713/
Nakovsći712/
Nahgavas711/
Nakvessi711/
Naagvase711/
Nakhwashe6779/
Nakhafase672/
Nikves672/
Nkuvsi671/
Nekovs671/
Nakavisah671/
Nakkavisa671/
Nakfis671/
Nagvsi671/
Pnkvvs671/
Nowikovas671/

Nakvas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nakvas in the Russian language
Наквасnakvas-

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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 Nakvas
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