Zhigovets Surname

1,415,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 153 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Zhigovets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zhigovets Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus1261:75,40512,185
Russia271:5,337,891231,865

Zhigovets Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zhigovets (Russian: Жиговец) is most common in Belarus. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Zhigovets? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,415,499th most widely held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 47,631,019 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Zhigovets are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The last name Zhigovets is most widespread in Belarus, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 75,405. In Belarus Zhigovets is primarily found in: Brest Region, where 90 percent reside, Grodno Region, where 4 percent reside and Minsk, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Belarus Zhigovets is found in one country. It is also found in Russia, where 18 percent reside.

Zhigovets Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Belarus.

In The United States Zhigovets are 28.23% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chigovets8910/
Zhugovets896/
Zigovits8211/
Zsigovits7896/
Chegovets785/
Zigovics714/
Zhigovich6723/
Zsugovits6716/
Sigove672/
Zigobe672/
Zigowe671/

Zhigovets Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zhigovets in the Russian language
Жиговецzigovec-

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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 Zhigovets
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