Vovk Surname

12,845th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43,686 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Vovk Surname User-submission:

Vovk (Ukrainian: Вовк) is a surname of Ukrainian origin, that means 'wolf'. The name is believed to have originated at the Rurikid court of Kievan Rus' in the ninth century. It currently predominates among East and South Slavs in Ukraine, Belarus, Slovenia, and Croatia.

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Vovk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine30,9221:1,47276
Russia9,0451:15,9342,228
Slovenia1,6861:1,475118
Belarus3351:28,3614,915
Kazakhstan3221:54,9156,933
United States2761:1,313,25791,843
Moldova1331:26,7774,384
Uzbekistan981:315,6038,608
Spain841:556,57226,793
Croatia661:64,07011,714
Transnistria651:7,3031,415
France611:1,088,897118,069
Canada541:682,32655,162
Kyrgyzstan501:119,45313,745
Germany501:1,610,10995,088
Turkmenistan461:119,3292,383
Estonia461:28,7355,267
Lithuania431:70,57210,443
England411:1,358,97760,528
Argentina341:1,257,15973,489
Serbia331:216,51412,757
Slovakia291:184,01631,260
Italy251:2,446,26894,040
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Azerbaijan141:689,22311,826
Czechia131:817,95970,223
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Tajikistan91:931,8555,350
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Latvia61:341,67426,199
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
South Ossetia11:53,4321,287
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354

Vovk Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Vovk (Ukrainian: Вовк) is a surname of Ukrainian origin, that means 'wolf'. The name is believed to have originated at the Rurikid court of Kievan Rus' in the ninth century. It currently predominates among East and South Slavs in Ukraine, Belarus, Slovenia, and Croatia.

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Vovk Last Name Facts

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

Vovk (Georgian: ვოვკ, Russian: Вовк) is more commonly found in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Vovk.

How Common Is The Last Name Vovk? popularity and diffusion

It is the 12,845th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 166,817 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Vovk are found; 87 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 86 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

Vovk is most common in Ukraine, where it is carried by 30,922 people, or 1 in 1,472. In Ukraine it is most prevalent in: Lviv Oblast, where 12 percent reside, Poltava Oblast, where 8 percent reside and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 8 percent reside. Barring Ukraine it exists in 65 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 21 percent reside and Slovenia, where 4 percent reside.

Vovk Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Vovk surname is chiefly Orthodox (88%) in Russia, Orthodox (87%) in Belarus, Orthodox (83%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (72%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Vovk last name are 9.78% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 56.55% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Vovk earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 7.49% more than the national average, earning $46,383 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.88% more than the national average, earning $65,027 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vovc75155/
Vowk7517/
Wovk7511/
Vovq752/
Vobk752/
Vovkova7356/
Vovková7338/
Vovckova671/
Bovkh671/
Vovqs671/
Wovkx671/

Vovk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vovk in the Georgian language
ვოვკvovk-
Vovk in the Russian language
Вовкvovk-

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