Vakova Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
Vakova Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 282 | 1:24,748 | 2,099 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 1:6,503,242 | 257,739 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
The alternate forms: Vaková (60) & Váková (22) are calculated separately.
Vakova Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vakova Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vakova (Russian: Вакова) occurs more in Bulgaria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Vaková or Váková. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vakova? popularity and diffusion
Vakova is the 853,416th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,773,581 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Vakova live; 88 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 87 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
This surname is most frequently used in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 282 people, or 1 in 24,748. In Bulgaria it is most common in: Haskovo Province, where 14 percent live, Sofia City Province, where 13 percent live and Plovdiv Province, where 10 percent live. Barring Bulgaria this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 5 percent live and Ukraine, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vakova Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vakova in the Russian language | ||
| Вакова | vakova | - |
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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 Vakova
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