Sheptur Surname

1,085,744th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 227 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Sheptur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sheptur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine1621:281,00436,222
Russia621:2,324,565137,882
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Sheptur Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sheptur (Georgian: შეპტურ, Russian: Шептур) is found most frequently in Ukraine. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sheptur? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,085,744th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 32,103,727 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Sheptur reside; 88 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 88 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The last name Sheptur is most commonly used in Ukraine, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 281,004. In Ukraine Sheptur is primarily concentrated in: Volyn Oblast, where 56 percent live, Kharkiv Oblast, where 18 percent live and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, where 14 percent live. Besides Ukraine this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 27 percent live and Georgia, where 1 percent live.

Sheptur Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (56%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Sheptur surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 50% being registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shepture931/
Septur928/
Shyptur86190/
Sheptor86172/
Shaptur8664/
Shiptur8610/
Septure861/
Szeptur861/
Shepturova8246/
Chepture8065/
Scepture809/
Septor7766/
Saptur7713/
Szyptur7119/
Sabtur629/
Sabtour571/

Sheptur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sheptur in the Georgian language
შეპტურsheptur-
Sheptur in the Russian language
Шептурseptur-

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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 Sheptur
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