Vashenyak Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Moldova

Vashenyak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Vashenyak Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia371:3,895,218191,585
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Ukraine

Vashenyak Demographics

Vashenyak Religious Adherence
in Ukraine

Sample size: 4 (2016)

Religious Adherence
in Ukraine

View the most religious surnames in Ukraine

Vashenyak Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vashenyak (Russian: Вашеняк) is borne by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vashenyak? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,100,440th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Vashenyak live; 90 percent live in Eastern Europe and 88 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Russia, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 3,895,218. In Russia it is primarily found in: Bryansk Oblast, where 41 percent are found, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, where 22 percent are found and Moscow, where 16 percent are found. Not including Russia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 3 percent are found and India, where 3 percent are found.

Vashenyak Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vaschenyak951/
Vashinyak8927/
Vaisanyak781/
Vesenjak71416/
Wesenyak719/
Vaseneac717/
Baseniak713/
Wasieniak671/

Vashenyak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vashenyak in the Russian language
Вашенякvasenak-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Vashenyak
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