Shovk Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Shovk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Shovk Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine301:1,517,423120,367
Kazakhstan101:1,768,25083,699
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Shovk Last Name Facts

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

Shovk (Russian: Шовк) occurs in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shovk? popularity and diffusion

Shovk is the 2,909,720th most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Shovk live; 69 percent live in Eastern Europe and 69 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Ukraine, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 1,517,423. In Ukraine Shovk is most frequent in: Chernivtsi Oblast, where 80 percent reside, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 10 percent reside and Mykolaiv Oblast, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Ukraine this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 22 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sovk891/
Showk80170/
Shobk809/
Chovk802/
Shavk801/
Shovkova77144/
Shavck731/
Shoubk731/
Showkh731/
Chovke731/
Shoffk730/
Shopke730/
Sovkova67568/
Sovková6793/
Savk6728/
Sofk674/
Sobk672/
Sovq671/
Sovc671/
Sopk671/
Sowk671/
Zovk671/
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Shovk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shovk in the Russian language
Шовкsovk-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Shovk
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