Shchevchenko Surname

1,674,734th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Shchevchenko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shchevchenko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia801:1,801,538116,326
Ukraine361:1,264,519108,003
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516

Shchevchenko Last Name Facts

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

Shchevchenko is found in Russia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Shchevchenko.

How Common Is The Last Name Shchevchenko? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,674,734th most frequent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Shchevchenko reside; 88 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 88 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Russia, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 1,801,538. In Russia Shchevchenko is mostly found in: Moscow, where 39 percent reside, Rostov Oblast, where 11 percent reside and Saratov Oblast, where 6 percent reside. Not including Russia this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 31 percent reside and Belarus, where 2 percent reside.

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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 Shchevchenko
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