Vekua Surname
Approximately 2,378 people bear this surname
Vekua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 1,307 | 1:2,866 | 556 |
| Abkhazia | 704 | 1:345 | 36 |
| Russia | 299 | 1:482,017 | 44,807 |
| Ukraine | 32 | 1:1,422,584 | 115,871 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
Vekua Demographics
Vekua Political Affiliation
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Vekua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vekua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vekua (Georgian: ვეკუა, Russian: Векуа) is most common in Georgia. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Vekua? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 179,403rd most numerous last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 3,064,569 people. Vekua is primarily found in Asia, where 86 percent of Vekua are found; 85 percent are found in West Asia and 55 percent are found in Kartvelo-West Asia.
This surname is most prevalent in Georgia, where it is borne by 1,307 people, or 1 in 2,866. In Georgia it is mostly concentrated in: Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, where 67 percent are found, Tbilisi, where 24 percent are found and Imereti, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Georgia it exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Abkhazia, where 30 percent are found and Russia, where 13 percent are found.
Vekua Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Orthodox (83%) in Georgia and Orthodox (95%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Vekua last name are 7.64% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 39.13% registered to vote for the party.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vekua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vekua in the Georgian language | ||
| ვეკუა | vekua | - |
| Vekua in the Russian language | ||
| Векуа | vekua | - |
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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 Vekua
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