Poshuk Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Poshuk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 51 | 1:892,602 | 86,458 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
Poshuk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poshuk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poshuk (Russian: Пошук) is found most in Ukraine. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Poshuk click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poshuk? popularity and diffusion
The surname Poshuk is the 2,530,696th most frequently held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Poshuk are found; 93 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 93 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.
This surname is most frequently used in Ukraine, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 892,602. In Ukraine Poshuk is most prevalent in: Kiev Oblast, where 55 percent live, Kiev, where 20 percent live and Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 18 percent live. Excluding Ukraine this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 7 percent live and Russia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Poshuk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Poshuk in the Russian language | ||
| Пошук | posuk | - |
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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 Poshuk
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