Vikhr Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Vikhr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vikhr Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia1021:1,412,97198,464
Belarus131:730,85159,297
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271

Vikhr (25) may also be a first name.

Vikhr Last Name Facts

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

Vikhr (Russian: Вихрь) is carried by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vikhr? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,666,404th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. The surname Vikhr is primarily found in Europe, where 84 percent of Vikhr reside; 84 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 83 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held given name internationally. It is borne by 25 people.

The surname Vikhr is most frequently held in Russia, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 1,412,971. In Russia Vikhr is mostly concentrated in: Moscow, where 27 percent are found, Saint Petersburg, where 8 percent are found and Sverdlovsk Oblast, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Russia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 11 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 2 percent are found.

Vikhr Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Vikhr surname are 5.1% more likely to be registered Liberal Democratics than the national average, with 41.67% being registered with the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vikhre911/
Vikr8910/
Vaikher831/
Vaikhre831/
Vichr80181/
Vikør8054/
Vikær806/
Fikhr801/
Vitkr801/
Vykhr801/
Vikhrova773,758/
Veiker7323/
Vykher7322/
Vichre7320/
Vaiker7310/
Viekær738/
Viskær735/
Vuiker731/
Fikr67257/
Hvidkær6726/
Veiåker6713/
Veicher675/
Vicr673/
Vaykher673/
Vjkr671/
Vaicker671/
Wikr671/
Vikrova671/
Veicker670/

Vikhr Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vikhr in the Russian language
Вихрьvihr-

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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 Vikhr
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