Vovchok Surname

417,348th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 833 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Vovchok Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vovchok Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine4701:96,85713,877
Russia2411:598,02152,826
Kazakhstan711:249,04921,962
Belarus371:256,78530,179
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Vovchok Last Name Facts

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

Vovchok (Russian: Вовчок) occurs more in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vovchok? popularity and diffusion

It is the 417,348th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,748,555 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Vovchok reside; 84 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 83 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Ukraine, where it is borne by 470 people, or 1 in 96,857. In Ukraine Vovchok is mostly found in: Zakarpattia Oblast, where 14 percent live, Donetsk Oblast, where 10 percent live and Mykolaiv Oblast, where 10 percent live. Other than Ukraine this last name occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 29 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 9 percent live.

Vovchok Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Vovchok surname is principally Orthodox (82%) in Russia and Orthodox (90%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Vovchok are 8.23% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 55% registered with the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vovtchok931/
Vovcok921/
Vovchuk863,478/
Vovchak86505/
Vovchuck801/
Vovčok773/
Vovcak773/
Vovshchak753/
Bovchak7117/
Vovtšok718/
Bovchuk715/
Vavchuk715/
Vovcioc715/
Vavchak712/
Vobchuk711/
Wowchok711/
Vavcock711/

Vovchok Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vovchok in the Russian language
Вовчокvovcok-

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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 Vovchok
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