Pokrovets Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Pokrovets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pokrovets Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine131:3,501,746189,921
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Pokrovets Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pokrovets (Russian: Покровець) occurs more in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pokrovets? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Pokrovets is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Pokrovets reside; 93 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 93 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

Pokrovets is most numerous in Ukraine, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 3,501,746. In Ukraine Pokrovets is most numerous in: Rivne Oblast, where 69 percent are found and Kiev, where 31 percent are found. Excluding Ukraine this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Russia, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pokravets891/
Pekravets781/
Pokrovy751/
Pokroviy711/
Pakravesh6717/
Pokrowiec676/
Pokrovich672/
Pockrawet670/
Pokrabe634/
Pokrava632/
Pokrawit594/
Pokroywa591/
Pakrobit591/
Pukrowiec5612/
Packcrowe561/
Pokrowicz561/
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Pokrovets Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pokrovets in the Russian language
Покровецьpokrovec-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Pokrovets
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