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Where Does The Last Name Zhiruk Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Zhiruk (Russian: Жирук) is found in Russia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zhiruk? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 3,957,383^rd most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 72 percent of Zhiruk are found; 72 percent are found in North Asia and 72 percent are found in Slavic North Asia.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Russia, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 6,266,220. In Russia Zhiruk is primarily concentrated in: Irkutsk Oblast, where 48 percent reside, Krasnoyarsk Krai, where 30 percent reside and Moscow, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Russia this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Belarus, where 8 percent reside.

Zhiruk Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Zhiruk surname is predominantly Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.