Shnyak Surname

1,055,483rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Shnyak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shnyak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus1641:57,9339,819
Russia641:2,251,923134,938
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813

Shnyak Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shnyak (Russian: Шняк) is found in Belarus more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Shnyak.

How Common Is The Last Name Shnyak? popularity and diffusion

Shnyak is the 1,055,483rd most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 30,749,139 people. The surname Shnyak is predominantly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Shnyak are found; 83 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 83 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in Belarus, where it is carried by 164 people, or 1 in 57,933. In Belarus Shnyak is mostly found in: Vitebsk Region, where 85 percent reside, Minsk, where 12 percent reside and Minsk Region, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Belarus Shnyak occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 27 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Shnyak Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Shnyak last name is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Christian (80%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shchnyak861/
Shniak83153/
Shnyag836/
Shnyakova80100/
Shnihak771/
Sniak7389/
Snjak732/
Znyak731/
Szniak6712/
Snjack672/
Xjnyak671/
Snehak671/
Schnjaack671/
Shnhaq671/
Zimnyak623/
Zemnyak621/
Sienniak57268/
Sniaszsk571/
Šniak5541/
Sneag5536/
Jnjak551/
Schønhaug5314/
Schjønhaug5012/
Sgnock500/

Shnyak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shnyak in the Russian language
Шнякsnak-

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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 Shnyak
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