Popatenko Surname

796,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 353 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Popatenko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Popatenko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine2421:188,11025,601
Russia1001:1,441,23199,834
Transnistria41:118,67512,470
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Popatenko Last Name Facts

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

The surname Popatenko (Russian: Попатенко) is carried by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Popatenko click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Popatenko? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 796,486th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,644,606 people. Popatenko occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Popatenko reside; 86 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 86 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

It is most widely held in Ukraine, where it is carried by 242 people, or 1 in 188,110. In Ukraine it is most common in: Vinnytsia Oblast, where 31 percent reside, Odessa Oblast, where 19 percent reside and Zhytomyr Oblast, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Ukraine this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 28 percent reside and Transnistria, where 1 percent reside.

Popatenko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Popatenko last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Papatenko8926/
Popatenco893/
Popasenko891/
Popachenko841/
Potpachenko801/
Popasenco782/
Posppanko781/
Popotenco781/
Popashchenko761/
Popanka751/
Popochenko741/
Papasenko671/
Papanko63346/
Papachenko632/
Popeanca5930/
Papanka50101/

Popatenko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Popatenko in the Russian language
Попатенкоpopatenko-

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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 Popatenko
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