Svechkar Surname

266,307th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,468 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Svechkar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Svechkar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine1,0471:43,4796,311
Russia4121:349,81334,698
Kazakhstan31:5,894,165166,702
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197

Svechkar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Svechkar (Russian: Свечкарь) is found most frequently in Ukraine. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Svechkar? popularity and diffusion

Svechkar is the 266,307th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 4,964,268 people. The last name Svechkar occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Svechkar reside; 96 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 96 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Svechkar is most widely held in Ukraine, where it is borne by 1,047 people, or 1 in 43,479. In Ukraine it is primarily found in: Kharkiv Oblast, where 49 percent live, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 14 percent live and Poltava Oblast, where 13 percent live. Not including Ukraine this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 28 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 0 percent live.

Svechkar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Svechkar last name is principally Orthodox (92%) in Russia and Orthodox (91%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Svechkar last name are 12.05% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 58.82% being registered with the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Svechkar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Svechkar in the Russian language
Свечкарьsveckar-

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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 Svechkar
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