Shimkov Surname

841,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 327 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Shimkov Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shimkov Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia2311:623,90954,570
Kazakhstan381:465,32934,912
Transnistria271:17,5813,214
Belarus251:380,04239,396
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271

Shimkov Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shimkov (Russian: Шимков) is found in Russia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shimkov? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 841,044th most numerous surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 22,286,073 people. Shimkov occurs mostly in Europe, where 61 percent of Shimkov are found; 61 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 61 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

Shimkov is most prevalent in Russia, where it is carried by 231 people, or 1 in 623,909. In Russia it is most frequent in: Altai Krai, where 10 percent are found, Kaliningrad Oblast, where 9 percent are found and Republic of Tatarstan, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Russia this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 12 percent are found and Transnistria, where 8 percent are found.

Shimkov Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Shimkov last name is primarily Orthodox (90%) in Russia and Orthodox (64%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Shimkov surname are 13.94% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 60.71% being registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shimkov Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shimkov in the Russian language
Шимковsimkov-

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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 Shimkov
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