Vityaz Surname
Approximately 403 people bear this surname
Vityaz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 317 | 1:454,647 | 42,823 |
| Belarus | 66 | 1:143,955 | 20,075 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Moldova | 6 | 1:593,561 | 36,655 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
Vityaz (50) may also be a first name.
Vityaz Demographics
Vityaz Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Vityaz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vityaz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vityaz (Russian: Витязь) occurs in Russia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vityaz? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vityaz is the 722,496th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 74 percent of Vityaz are found; 74 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 70 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,412,538th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 50 people.
Vityaz is most commonly occurring in Russia, where it is carried by 317 people, or 1 in 454,647. In Russia it is most prevalent in: Moscow, where 12 percent live, Krasnoyarsk Krai, where 12 percent live and Sverdlovsk Oblast, where 7 percent live. Barring Russia Vityaz is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 16 percent live and Hungary, where 2 percent live.
Vityaz Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Orthodox (79%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (58%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Vityaz last name are 4.66% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 42.11% registered with the party.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vityaz Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vityaz in the Russian language | ||
| Витязь | vitaz | - |
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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 Vityaz
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