Sankevich Surname
Approximately 1,575 people bear this surname
Sankevich Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 1,146 | 1:8,291 | 1,194 |
| Russia | 212 | 1:679,826 | 58,189 |
| Kazakhstan | 211 | 1:83,803 | 9,742 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sankevich Demographics
Sankevich Political Affiliation
in Russia
Russia
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Sankevich Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankevich Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sankevich (Russian: Санкевич) is most common in Belarus. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankevich? popularity and diffusion
It is the 251,505th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 4,627,013 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Sankevich are found; 83 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 83 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.
The last name Sankevich is most frequently used in Belarus, where it is carried by 1,146 people, or 1 in 8,291. In Belarus it is primarily found in: Minsk Region, where 42 percent reside, Minsk, where 18 percent reside and Vitebsk Region, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Belarus it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 13 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 13 percent reside.
Sankevich Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Sankevich surname is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia, Orthodox (84%) in Belarus and Orthodox (78%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Sankevich are 1.23% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 48% being registered to vote for the party.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sankevich Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sankevich in the Russian language | ||
| Санкевич | sankevic | - |
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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 Sankevich
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