Vlakh Surname

437,968th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 783 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Moldova

Vlakh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vlakh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine4261:106,86115,281
Moldova1881:18,9433,219
Russia1521:948,17874,283
Kyrgyzstan61:995,44257,680
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Transnistria21:237,35016,204
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Vlakh Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vlakh (Russian: Влах) has its highest incidence in Ukraine. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vlakh? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 437,968th most common last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 9,307,211 people. The last name Vlakh occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Vlakh reside; 96 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 72 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The last name Vlakh is most frequently used in Ukraine, where it is held by 426 people, or 1 in 106,861. In Ukraine it is primarily concentrated in: Odessa Oblast, where 58 percent are found, Lviv Oblast, where 26 percent are found and Luhansk Oblast, where 3 percent are found. Barring Ukraine this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 24 percent are found and Russia, where 19 percent are found.

Vlakh Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Vlakh surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vlak89404/
Vlach804,680/
Vlokh80489/
Vlack80209/
Vlajk80106/
Vlake8096/
Vlask805/
Vlajh801/
Vlagh801/
Vlakhova77110/
Villak7378/
Vlaich7355/
Blyakh7327/
Vellak7324/
Vlahák738/
Vlahac737/
Vleach731/
Blaykh731/
Vlok673,208/
Vlaj67322/
Bellakh67246/
Villach67163/
Vlag67112/
Blahykh6791/
Vellake6732/
Villakhova6711/
Vlax676/
Byllakh674/
Vlac673/
Vlakova672/
Vellask671/
Vellakk671/
Vlashch671/
Vlahach671/
Vellack671/

Vlakh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vlakh in the Russian language
Влахvlah-

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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 Vlakh
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