Vityaz Surname

722,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Vityaz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vityaz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia3171:454,64742,823
Belarus661:143,95520,075
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Moldova61:593,56136,655
Kazakhstan31:5,894,165166,702
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

Vityaz (50) may also be a first name.

Vityaz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Vityaz (Russian: Витязь) occurs more in Russia more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vityaz? popularity and diffusion

It is the 722,496th most widespread family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Vityaz live; 74 percent live in Eastern Europe and 70 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,412,538th most widely held first name globally, held by 50 people.

Vityaz is most frequent in Russia, where it is carried by 317 people, or 1 in 454,647. In Russia Vityaz is most prevalent in: Moscow, where 12 percent are found, Krasnoyarsk Krai, where 12 percent are found and Sverdlovsk Oblast, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Russia it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 16 percent are found and Hungary, where 2 percent are found.

Vityaz Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (79%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (58%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Vityaz surname are 4.66% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 42.11% registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Viteaz8374/
Vitiaz8318/
Vytyaz834/
Vityas834/
Wityaz832/
Vityazova804/
Viťaz731/
Vistyash7168/
Vitias6713/
Witiaz675/

Vityaz Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vityaz in the Russian language
Витязьvitaz-

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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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