Vovkanets Surname
Approximately 418 people bear this surname
Vovkanets Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 371 | 1:122,703 | 17,375 |
| Russia | 45 | 1:3,202,735 | 169,516 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Vovkanets Demographics
Vovkanets Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
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
Vovkanets Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vovkanets in the Russian language | ||
| Вовканець | vovkanec | - |
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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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