Pokhvat Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Pokhvat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pokhvat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Ukraine61:7,587,116277,111

Pokhvat Last Name Facts

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

Pokhvat (Russian: Похват) occurs in Russia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pokhvat? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pokhvat is the 4,772,636th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. Pokhvat is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pokhvat reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most common in Russia, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 13,102,096. In Russia Pokhvat is most prevalent in: Moscow Oblast, where 82 percent reside and Moscow, where 18 percent reside. Aside from Russia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 35 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pokhva922/
Pakhvat8610/
Pockvat861/
Pokhvatova8221/
Pakvat774/
Pokvah771/
Pochwat71320/
Pachvat711/
Pukhvatova711/
Pochkhua67707/
Pochwadt671/
Pachvate671/
Photkhwai634/
Pochwatová591/
Phakhua574/
Pakhwaa571/
Pukkbat571/
Pakhuea571/
Pacva501/
Pachchuat501/

Pokhvat Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pokhvat in the Russian language
Похватpohvat-

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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 Pokhvat
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