Ponomarenko Surname

6,190th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91,482 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Ponomarenko Surname User-submission:

The Ponomarenko surname means 'church-bell ringer' in Ukrainian.

Ponomarenko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine45,2981:1,00528
Russia38,9111:3,704418
Kazakhstan3,5411:4,994725
Belarus1,2951:7,3371,034
United States3171:1,143,40482,127
Kyrgyzstan2801:21,3313,674
Transnistria2801:1,695201
Latvia2781:7,3741,053
Uzbekistan2181:141,8776,929
Moldova1231:28,9544,687
Germany1151:700,04753,529
Israel1141:75,0679,160
Estonia921:14,3672,255
Turkmenistan831:66,1341,261
Canada751:491,27542,011
Georgia611:61,4026,925
Lithuania501:60,6929,230
Australia381:710,41347,396
Poland381:1,000,23071,240
France341:1,953,609166,012
Tajikistan321:262,0842,213
Thailand251:2,825,534284,782
Azerbaijan161:603,07010,870
England141:3,979,861125,553
Austria141:608,24554,975
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Belgium131:884,35769,774
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Bulgaria81:872,36331,900
Armenia81:366,2727,804
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Wales51:618,90625,852
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Panama41:978,06412,245
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Abkhazia21:121,4324,128
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Malta11:430,2723,380
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

The alternate forms: Ponomareńko (1) are calculated separately.

Ponomarenko Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Ponomarenko surname means 'church-bell ringer' in Ukrainian.

- kmcnamara_94

The Ponomarenko surname comes from Ukrainian for 'clergyman'.

- kmcnamara_94

Ponomarenko Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ponomarenko (Georgian: პონომარენკო, Russian: Пономаренко) occurs more in Ukraine more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Ponomareńko. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ponomarenko? popularity and diffusion

Ponomarenko is the 6,190th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 79,661 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Ponomarenko reside; 82 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 79 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Ponomarenko is most prevalent in Ukraine, where it is borne by 45,298 people, or 1 in 1,005. In Ukraine Ponomarenko is most numerous in: Kharkiv Oblast, where 11 percent are found, Donetsk Oblast, where 11 percent are found and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 10 percent are found. Besides Ukraine this surname occurs in 64 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 43 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 4 percent are found.

Ponomarenko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Ponomarenko surname is principally Orthodox (89%) in Russia, Orthodox (97%) in Belarus, Orthodox (76%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (87%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Ponomarenko last name are 10.18% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 56.95% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ponomarenko earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 7.41% less than the national average, earning $39,951 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.89% less than the national average, earning $47,253 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ponomarenko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ponomarenko in the Georgian language
პონომარენკოponomarenko-
Ponomarenko in the Russian language
Пономаренкоponomarenko-

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