Prokhnych Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Prokhnych Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prokhnych Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine441:1,034,60795,076
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Prokhnych Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prokhnych (Russian: Прохныч) is borne by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prokhnych? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,909,720th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name Prokhnych occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Prokhnych are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Ukraine, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 1,034,607. In Ukraine it is most frequent in: Odessa Oblast, where 30 percent live, Kiev, where 25 percent live and Poltava Oblast, where 23 percent live. Excluding Ukraine it exists in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 2 percent live.

Prokhnych Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Prokhnych surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Communist Partys than the national average, with 25% registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prokhnich8912/
Prokhna7528/
Prokhner719/
Prochnic711/
Prochnicz671/
Prockner5917/
Prochnij5913/
Prachnic595/
Procknett561/
Pracny5336/
Procner50660/
Praknuj501/

Prokhnych Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prokhnych in the Russian language
Прохнычprohnyc-

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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 Prokhnych
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