Vovkanets Surname

703,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 418 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Vovkanets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vovkanets Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine3711:122,70317,375
Russia451:3,202,735169,516
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Vovkanets Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vovkanets (Russian: Вовканець) occurs more in Ukraine more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vovkanets? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 703,644th most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,434,320 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Vovkanets reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 97 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

It is most frequently used in Ukraine, where it is borne by 371 people, or 1 in 122,703. In Ukraine it is most numerous in: Zakarpattia Oblast, where 89 percent reside, Kharkiv Oblast, where 5 percent reside and Sumy Oblast, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Ukraine this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 11 percent reside and Hungary, where 0 percent reside.

Vovkanets Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (93%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vovkonets892/
Vovkany751/
Vovkanič712/
Vovkanic711/
Vovkanych67515/
Vovkanich6735/
Wovkanech6714/
Vovkaničová603/
Boufkane591/
Wovkonish564/
Wowkanech562/
Wovkanych562/
Bowkkaney561/
Bafkane501/
Bobcane501/

Vovkanets Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vovkanets in the Russian language
Вовканецьvovkanec-

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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 Vovkanets
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