Samozvan Surname

1,380,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 159 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Samozvan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Samozvan 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
Ukraine1231:370,10345,485
Russia331:4,367,365205,470
Transnistria31:158,23313,093

Samozvan Last Name Facts

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

Samozvan (Russian: Самозван) is borne by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Samozvan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Samozvan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,380,086th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname Samozvan occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Samozvan are found; 98 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 98 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

Samozvan is most frequently held in Ukraine, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 370,103. In Ukraine it is primarily found in: Kiev Oblast, where 41 percent live, Cherkasy Oblast, where 11 percent live and Chernihiv Oblast, where 10 percent live. Besides Ukraine this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 21 percent live and Transnistria, where 2 percent live.

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
Samozvon88249/
Samozvanova84133/
Samajvan755/
Samozvonova742/
Samozwanowa741/
Somazwane591/
Samasuhang562/
Sammujuhan561/
Comojuan504/
Somasuan501/

Samozvan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samozvan in the Russian language
Самозванsamozvan-

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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 Samozvan
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