Sotnyk Surname

99,529th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,755 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Sotnyk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sotnyk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine4,6651:9,7581,185
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Argentina251:1,709,73790,467
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
England31:18,572,686338,250
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

Sotnyk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sotnyk (Russian: Сотнык) is borne by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sotnyk? popularity and diffusion

It is the 99,529th most frequent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,532,607 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Sotnyk live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

It is most commonly held in Ukraine, where it is carried by 4,665 people, or 1 in 9,758. In Ukraine Sotnyk is primarily concentrated in: Kharkiv Oblast, where 12 percent live, Donetsk Oblast, where 11 percent live and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 10 percent live. Besides Ukraine this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Argentina, where 1 percent live.

Sotnyk Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sotnyk surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sotnyk earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 6.53% less than the national average, earning $40,333 USD per year and in Canada they earn 45.86% more than the national average, earning $72,470 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shotnyk9237/
Sotnik832,535/
Sotnek8312/
Satnyk831/
Sotník831/
Sotnykova803,905/
Sotnick77177/
Shotnik7748/
Shatnyk7731/
Sottnik7724/
Sotniks778/
Sottnek774/
Sgotnik771/
Sottnick7134/
Shatnykh7133/
Chastnyk7117/
Sotnkova712/
Siotnick711/
Hshutnyk711/
Shottnek710/
Sotnikova6732,041/
Satnik67110/
Sotnic6787/
Sutnik6745/
Šotník6734/
Sotníková6710/
Sõtnik679/
Sotnekova679/
Satnykova676/
Zotnik674/
Chastnykh673/
Sutnykova671/
Schotnick671/

Sotnyk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sotnyk in the Russian language
Сотныкsotnyk-

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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 Sotnyk
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