Rykhva Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Rykhva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Rykhva Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine1281:355,64644,014
Russia161:9,007,691311,782
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Rykhva Last Name Facts

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

Rykhva (Russian: Рыхва) has its highest incidence in Ukraine. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Rykhva.

How Common Is The Last Name Rykhva? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rykhva is the 1,465,390th most widespread surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Rykhva are found; 90 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 90 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

Rykhva is most frequently occurring in Ukraine, where it is borne by 128 people, or 1 in 355,646. In Ukraine Rykhva is most numerous in: Lviv Oblast, where 78 percent reside, Volyn Oblast, where 11 percent reside and Kiev, where 3 percent reside. Not including Ukraine this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 11 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rekhva8315/
Raykvad771/
Rekva732/
Rikva731/
Redkva67193/
Retkva6786/
Rychwa6772/
Rekvad6730/
Raikva672/
Reikva672/
Rikhwa671/
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Rykhva Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rykhva in the Russian language
Рыхваryhva-

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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 Rykhva
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