Sukenik Surname

561,353rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 565 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Sukenik Surname Definition:

(from an ancestor's occupation) Sukenik is the Russian for “a dealer in cloth.”

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Sukenik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3381:1,072,36478,128
Israel1541:55,5697,198
Slovakia321:166,76429,092
Russia161:9,007,691311,782
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Panama11:3,912,25817,195

The alternate forms: Sukeník (135), Súkenik (31) & Súkeník (395) are calculated separately.

Sukenik (83) may also be a first name.

Sukenik Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from an ancestor's occupation) Sukenik is the Russian for “a dealer in cloth.”

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

User-submitted Reference

Slavic (in variant Soukenik/Soukenikova in Czech) surname with origin in crafts. Soukenik is the name of craftman who makes cloth (in English probably weaver or draper).

- soukenik

Sukenik Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sukenik (Russian: Сукеник) occurs most in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms: Sukeník, Súkenik or Súkeník. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sukenik? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sukenik is the 561,353rd most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,898,311 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 36 percent of Sukenik reside; 35 percent reside in North America and 35 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Sukenik is also the 1,052,971st most prevalent first name globally, borne by 83 people.

The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 338 people, or 1 in 1,072,364. In The United States Sukenik is mostly found in: New York, where 17 percent reside, Florida, where 5 percent reside and Michigan, where 5 percent reside. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 27 percent reside and Slovakia, where 6 percent reside.

Sukenik Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Sukenik last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Sukenik last name are 13.88% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 67.11% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sukenik earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 17.26% more than the national average, earning $50,596 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.21% less than the national average, earning $39,144 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sukenik Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sukenik in the Russian language
Сукеникsukenik-

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