Voevod Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Voevod Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Voevod Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania481:418,28933,624
Russia351:4,117,802198,221
Ukraine131:3,501,746189,921
England41:13,929,515290,718
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Voevod Last Name Facts

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

The last name Voevod (Georgian: ვოევოდ, Russian: Воевод) is borne by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Voevod? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,806,862nd most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. The last name Voevod is mostly found in Europe, where 74 percent of Voevod are found; 69 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 48 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

The surname Voevod is most prevalent in Romania, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 418,289. In Romania Voevod is primarily found in: Bucharest Municipality, where 98 percent reside and Alba County, where 2 percent reside. Besides Romania this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 34 percent reside and Ukraine, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Voyevod925/
Voievod921/
Vovod9145/
Voivod83443/
Voyvod835/
Vehvod831/
Voevodova80378/
Vojevodova7547/
Voyevodova759/
Vojevodová753/
Voeva73111/
Vaevo7368/
Vejvodová671,108/
Voyvodova67209/
Vojvodová67120/
Vayvod6786/
Vejvad6786/
Voyvot6771/
Vojvodova6748/
Vaivod6748/
Vejvodova6713/
Boevoi678/
Bouvod671/
Vawood671/
Vavood671/
Vaevodova671/
Vevhad671/
Voebou671/

Voevod Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Voevod in the Georgian language
ვოევოდvoevod-
Voevod in the Russian language
Воеводvoevod-

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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 Voevod
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