Zhilyakov Surname

91,488th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,232 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Kazakhstan

Zhilyakov Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zhilyakov Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia3,1791:45,3366,045
Kazakhstan2,0411:8,6641,353
Belarus81:1,187,63277,603
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Zhilyakov Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zhilyakov (Russian: Жиляков) is borne by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zhilyakov? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 91,488th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,392,880 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 62 percent of Zhilyakov are found; 39 percent are found in Central Asia and 39 percent are found in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia.

The last name is most widespread in Russia, where it is held by 3,179 people, or 1 in 45,336. In Russia Zhilyakov is most frequent in: Belgorod Oblast, where 16 percent live, Irkutsk Oblast, where 11 percent live and Sverdlovsk Oblast, where 9 percent live. Beside Russia it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 39 percent live and Belarus, where 0 percent live.

Zhilyakov Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Zhilyakov last name are 9.9% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 56.67% being registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Zhilyakov Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zhilyakov in the Russian language
Жиляковzilakov-

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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 Zhilyakov
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