Svetlykh Surname

1,079,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 229 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Svetlykh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Svetlykh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia2071:696,24759,275
Ukraine181:2,529,039160,188
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197

Svetlykh Last Name Facts

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

The surname Svetlykh (Russian: Светлых) occurs in Russia more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Svetlykh? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,079,669th most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 31,823,345 people. The surname Svetlykh occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Svetlykh live; 84 percent live in Eastern Europe and 84 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

Svetlykh is most frequently occurring in Russia, where it is carried by 207 people, or 1 in 696,247. In Russia Svetlykh is most frequent in: Moscow, where 22 percent reside, Saint Petersburg, where 12 percent reside and Smolensk Oblast, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Russia it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 8 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 1 percent reside.

Svetlykh Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (95%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Svetlykh surname are 3.02% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 43.75% registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Svetlyk9323/
Svytlykh883/
Svitlykh881/
Svytlyk801,221/
Svetlik801,040/
Svetlík80232/
Svitlyk8018/
Svetlykova7840/
Szvetlik7589/
Svetlick7553/
Svetlich7533/
Szvetlík7512/
Svetlike751/
Swelyk712/
Svelik711/
Světlík67672/
Swetlik67341/
Svetlíková67303/
Svetlikova67149/
Svehlik6784/
Svitlik6782/
Switlyk6774/
Svehlek6758/
Světlik6755/
Svetlic6746/
Svetliková6710/
Svitlík679/
Svetlekova679/
Suetlik673/

Svetlykh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Svetlykh in the Russian language
Светлыхsvetlyh-

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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 Svetlykh
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