Vovchak Surname

611,703rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 505 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Vovchak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vovchak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine4451:102,29814,651
Russia321:4,503,846209,401
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
England11:55,718,059489,080
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Vovchak Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vovchak (Russian: Вовчак) is borne by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vovchak? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 611,703rd most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 14,430,784 people. The last name Vovchak is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Vovchak reside; 94 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 94 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Vovchak is most frequent in Ukraine, where it is held by 445 people, or 1 in 102,298. In Ukraine Vovchak is most frequent in: Lviv Oblast, where 50 percent are found, Ternopil Oblast, where 18 percent are found and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Ukraine this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 6 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.

Vovchak Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Orthodox (40%) in Ukraine.

Vovchak earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vovcak923/
Vovchok86833/
Bovchak8617/
Vavchak862/
Vovtchok801/
Vovčak7735/
Vavhak7716/
Vovcok771/
Bobchak71119/
Wowchak716/
Vavhake714/
Vavzhak711/

Vovchak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vovchak in the Russian language
Вовчакvovcak-

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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 Vovchak
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