Sharkevich Surname

415,025th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 839 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Sharkevich Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sharkevich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus5561:17,0882,792
Russia2291:629,35854,964
United States381:9,538,393399,091
Transnistria51:94,94011,199
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Moldova41:890,34246,069
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Sharkevich Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sharkevich (Russian: Шаркевич) is found most in Belarus. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sharkevich? popularity and diffusion

It is the 415,025th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 8,685,990 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Sharkevich are found; 88 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 87 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Belarus, where it is carried by 556 people, or 1 in 17,088. In Belarus Sharkevich is most frequent in: Vitebsk Region, where 71 percent are found, Minsk, where 14 percent are found and Gomel Region, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Belarus this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 27 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Sharkevich Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (78%) in Russia, Orthodox (89%) in Belarus and Orthodox (47%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Sharkevich are 10.37% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 57.14% registered with the political party.

Sharkevich earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.45% less than the national average, earning $38,638 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sharkevich Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sharkevich in the Russian language
Шаркевичsarkevic-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sharkevich
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