Pekhnyk Surname
Approximately 249 people bear this surname
Pekhnyk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 246 | 1:185,052 | 25,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Pekhnyk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekhnyk Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pekhnyk (Russian: Пехнык) occurs most in Ukraine. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekhnyk? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pekhnyk is the 1,017,412th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 29,267,253 people. The last name Pekhnyk occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Pekhnyk live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
Pekhnyk is most frequently used in Ukraine, where it is held by 246 people, or 1 in 185,052. In Ukraine Pekhnyk is most numerous in: Lviv Oblast, where 72 percent reside, Kherson Oblast, where 5 percent reside and Luhansk Oblast, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Ukraine this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Russia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pechnyk | 86 | 63 | / |
| Pekhnik | 86 | 42 | / |
| Pechnykh | 80 | 4 | / |
| Pekník | 77 | 137 | / |
| Peknik | 77 | 112 | / |
| Pechennyk | 75 | 19 | / |
| Pieknik | 71 | 406 | / |
| Pechnykova | 71 | 274 | / |
| Pechnik | 71 | 196 | / |
| Pechník | 71 | 45 | / |
| Peknaik | 71 | 2 | / |
| Piekník | 71 | 2 | / |
| Peiknik | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peknick | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pechennykh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Piechnik | 67 | 2,795 | / |
| Pechnick | 67 | 22 | / |
| Pecknick | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pychnykh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Piecknik | 67 | 2 | / |
| Petchnik | 67 | 2 | / |
| Peichnik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peckneck | 67 | 0 | / |
Pekhnyk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pekhnyk in the Russian language | ||
| Пехнык | pehnyk | - |
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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 Pekhnyk
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