Zhitnyak Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Zhitnyak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 151 | 1:954,457 | 74,620 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Zhitnyak Demographics
Zhitnyak Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Zhitnyak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zhitnyak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zhitnyak (Russian: Житняк) occurs in Russia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zhitnyak? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zhitnyak is the 1,403,590th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 51 percent of Zhitnyak live; 51 percent live in Eastern Europe and 49 percent live in Slavic North Asia.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Russia, where it is carried by 151 people, or 1 in 954,457. In Russia Zhitnyak is primarily found in: Krasnoyarsk Krai, where 28 percent live, Kursk Oblast, where 13 percent live and Chelyabinsk Oblast, where 11 percent live. Besides Russia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Moldova, where 2 percent live and Belarus, where 1 percent live.
Zhitnyak Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Zhitnyak surname is principally Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Zhitnyak surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 50% being registered with the political party.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zhinyak | 93 | 2 | / |
| Zinyak | 86 | 77 | / |
| Zhitnyakova | 84 | 131 | / |
| Zinyake | 80 | 87 | / |
| Zitniak | 80 | 23 | / |
| Dzinyak | 80 | 11 | / |
| Sitnyak | 80 | 10 | / |
| Zitnjak | 80 | 7 | / |
| Zhenyak | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zhytniak | 75 | 349 | / |
| Zsitnyák | 75 | 11 | / |
| Zinyakova | 71 | 498 | / |
| Ziniak | 71 | 64 | / |
| Zinjak | 71 | 2 | / |
| Zineak | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hrzhenyak | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zenyak | 71 | 1 | / |
| Žitnjak | 67 | 234 | / |
| Žitniak | 67 | 105 | / |
| Zytniak | 67 | 64 | / |
| Sitnjak | 67 | 43 | / |
| Sitniak | 67 | 29 | / |
| Dziniak | 67 | 7 | / |
| Zginiak | 67 | 6 | / |
| Zitniakova | 67 | 5 | / |
| Zinjack | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zieniak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zhenyakova | 67 | 1 | / |
Zhitnyak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zhitnyak in the Russian language | ||
| Житняк | zitnak | - |
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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 Zhitnyak
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