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Where Does The Last Name Sopelnyak Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Sopelnyak (Russian: Сопельняк) is held by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sopelnyak? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 580,291^st most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,470,510 people. The last name Sopelnyak is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Sopelnyak live; 91 percent live in Eastern Europe and 91 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in Russia, where it is held by 533 people, or 1 in 270,400. In Russia Sopelnyak is most prevalent in: Krasnodar Krai, where 52 percent reside, Rostov Oblast, where 21 percent reside and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, where 4 percent reside. Besides Russia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 1 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 0 percent reside.

Sopelnyak Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Sopelnyak surname is primarily Orthodox (77%) in Russia and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Sopelnyak surname are 14.77% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 61.54% registered to vote for the party.