Polovyuk Surname

1,239,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Polovyuk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polovyuk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine1621:281,00436,222
Russia151:9,608,204322,587
Kazakhstan101:1,768,25083,699

Polovyuk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Polovyuk (Russian: Половюк) occurs most in Ukraine. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Polovyuk? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,239,697th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 38,970,834 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Polovyuk live; 93 percent live in Eastern Europe and 93 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Ukraine, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 281,004. In Ukraine Polovyuk is most prevalent in: Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 49 percent live, Kherson Oblast, where 9 percent live and Ternopil Oblast, where 9 percent live. Excluding Ukraine this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 8 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 5 percent live.

Polovyuk Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Polobyuk8827/
Polavyuk881/
Polevyuk881/
Poloviňuk822/
Palavyuk751/
Polabuyuk711/
Poloviňuková701/
Palabuyuk5953/
Palabeyuk594/
Palaboyukova5010/
Palabuyukova506/

Polovyuk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Polovyuk in the Russian language
Половюкpolovuk-

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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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  • 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 Polovyuk
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