Pokanyuk Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Pokanyuk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 35 | 1:1,300,648 | 109,855 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pokanyuk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pokanyuk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pokanyuk (Russian: Поканюк) occurs more in Ukraine more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pokanyuk? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pokanyuk is the 3,228,735th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname Pokanyuk is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Pokanyuk live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
Pokanyuk is most common in Ukraine, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 1,300,648. In Ukraine it is most common in: Chernivtsi Oblast, where 63 percent live, Zaporizhia Oblast, where 29 percent live and Lviv Oblast, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Ukraine this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pokanyuk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pokanyuk in the Russian language | ||
| Поканюк | pokanuk | - |
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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 Pokanyuk
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