Pokhomenko Surname

1,295,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Pokhomenko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pokhomenko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus911:104,40715,788
Russia821:1,757,598114,376
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Pokhomenko Last Name Facts

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

Pokhomenko (Russian: Похоменко) is found in Belarus more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pokhomenko? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,295,379th most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Pokhomenko are found; 79 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 79 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Belarus, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 104,407. In Belarus Pokhomenko is mostly concentrated in: Gomel Region, where 37 percent are found, Mogilev Region, where 23 percent are found and Minsk, where 20 percent are found. Aside from Belarus this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 47 percent are found and Transnistria, where 1 percent are found.

Pokhomenko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Pokhomenko surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pokhomenko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pokhomenko in the Russian language
Похоменкоpohomenko-

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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 Pokhomenko
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