Pokrovska Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Pokrovska Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pokrovska Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia501:41,0016,251
Ukraine61:7,587,116277,111
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

The alternate forms: Pokrovská (3) are calculated separately.

Pokrovska Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pokrovska (Russian: Покровська) is more commonly found in Latvia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Pokrovská. Click here for other possible spellings of Pokrovska.

How Common Is The Last Name Pokrovska? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,312,869th most widely held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. Pokrovska occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Pokrovska are found; 78 percent are found in Northern Europe and 74 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

The surname Pokrovska is most commonly occurring in Latvia, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 41,001. In Latvia Pokrovska is most common in: Riga Planning Region, where 82 percent are found, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 14 percent are found and Latgale, where 2 percent are found. Barring Latvia this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 9 percent are found and Russia, where 7 percent are found.

Pokrovska Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Pokrovska surname is predominantly Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pokrovska Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pokrovska in the Russian language
Покровськаpokrovska-

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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 Pokrovska
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