Vovchek Surname
Approximately 2,642 people bear this surname
Vovchek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 2,602 | 1:17,495 | 2,386 |
| Russia | 37 | 1:3,895,218 | 191,585 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
Vovchek (18) may also be a first name.
Vovchek Demographics
Vovchek Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Vovchek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vovchek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vovchek (Russian: Вовчек) is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vovchek? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vovchek is the 164,227th most prevalent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,758,344 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Vovchek are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name internationally, held by 18 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Ukraine, where it is carried by 2,602 people, or 1 in 17,495. In Ukraine Vovchek is mostly concentrated in: Zakarpattia Oblast, where 49 percent live, Vinnytsia Oblast, where 7 percent live and Lviv Oblast, where 6 percent live. Other than Ukraine it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 1 percent live and Belarus, where 0 percent live.
Vovchek Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (40%) in Ukraine.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vovchek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vovchek in the Russian language | ||
| Вовчек | vovcek | - |
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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 Vovchek
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