Pokhvalova Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Pokhvalova Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pokhvalova Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia501:2,882,461158,532
Belarus261:365,42538,396
Ukraine71:6,503,242257,739
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427

Pokhvalova Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pokhvalova (Russian: Похвалова) occurs in Russia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pokhvalova? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pokhvalova is the 2,020,555th most frequent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. The surname Pokhvalova occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Pokhvalova live; 87 percent live in Eastern Europe and 87 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name Pokhvalova is most commonly used in Russia, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 2,882,461. In Russia Pokhvalova is most prevalent in: Saint Petersburg, where 26 percent are found, Republic of Tatarstan, where 20 percent are found and Krasnodar Krai, where 6 percent are found. Other than Russia Pokhvalova occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 30 percent are found and Ukraine, where 8 percent are found.

Pokhvalova Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Pokhvalova surname is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Pokhvalova surname are 15.73% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 62.5% being registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pokhvalov9587/
Pakhvalova905/
Pokhvaalov901/
Pakhvalov843/
Pokhval821/
Pokhvaleev804/
Pokhvaliev802/
Pokhwal711/
Pasckvale5312/
Pakbal501/
Pacval501/

Pokhvalova Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pokhvalova in the Russian language
Похваловаpohvalova-

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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 Pokhvalova
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