Zhvanets Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Zhvanets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zhvanets Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Zhvanets Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zhvanets (Russian: Жванец) is borne by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zhvanets? popularity and diffusion

Zhvanets is the 5,812,366th most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Zhvanets is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Zhvanets reside; 91 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 91 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in Russia, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 18,015,382. In Russia Zhvanets is mostly found in: Moscow, where 25 percent reside, Chelyabinsk Oblast, where 13 percent reside and Perm Krai, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Russia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 18 percent reside and Ukraine, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zvanets9311/
Zhvane861/
Zhuhanets822/
Zvonets807/
Zvenets801/
Zvane7720/
Svanes71378/
Zuanet7131/
Zuanes7120/
Zvaune7114/
Zvanis717/
Zvaner711/
Svanet711/
Tshwanetse6728/
Zwanetz6716/
Zouhane675/
Zwaneth675/
Zvaunis674/
Svenets672/
Jvanete671/
Zuanete671/
Zhvaniy671/
Zhvaina671/
Jvanesh671/

Zhvanets Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zhvanets in the Russian language
Жванецzvanec-

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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 Zhvanets
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