Shovkun Surname

166,971st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,591 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Shovkun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shovkun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine2,2191:20,5152,873
Russia3161:456,08642,923
Belarus211:452,43144,053
Estonia151:88,12015,474
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Abkhazia21:121,4324,128
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Shovkun Last Name Facts

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

Shovkun (Georgian: შოვკუნ, Russian: Шовкун) is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Shovkun.

How Common Is The Last Name Shovkun? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shovkun is the 166,971st most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,812,638 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Shovkun reside; 95 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 95 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Shovkun is most prevalent in Ukraine, where it is carried by 2,219 people, or 1 in 20,515. In Ukraine it is most prevalent in: Chernihiv Oblast, where 15 percent reside, Kharkiv Oblast, where 14 percent reside and Kiev, where 14 percent reside. Not including Ukraine it occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 12 percent reside and Belarus, where 1 percent reside.

Shovkun Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (81%) in Russia and Orthodox (82%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Shovkun surname are 15.73% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 62.5% registered to vote for the party.

Shovkun earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shovkhun931/
Sovkun922/
Shchovkun881/
Shavkun861,260/
Chovkun861/
Shovkon861/
Shovkunova82126/
Schavkun804/
Chovkoun802/
Savkun77163/
Shchavkun7511/
Sovkunova7510/
Shavkutyn759/
Shavkunova71768/
Chavkun714/
Showkum711/
Shawkun711/
Shofkon710/
Schawkun675/
Savkunova6339/
Shabkhoun631/
Savcun62277/
Sawkun626/
Savkon621/
Safkun621/
Shawcon571/
Shafkon570/
Schafkausen561/
Şavkunova503/
Safkunova501/

Shovkun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shovkun in the Georgian language
შოვკუნshovkun-
Shovkun in the Russian language
Шовкунsovkun-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Shovkun
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis