Zhyvets Surname

1,101,507th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 222 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Zhyvets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zhyvets Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine2201:206,92127,857
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Zhyvets Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zhyvets has its highest incidence in Ukraine. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zhyvets? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,101,507th most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 32,826,783 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Zhyvets are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in Ukraine, where it is held by 220 people, or 1 in 206,921. In Ukraine it is primarily found in: Chernihiv Oblast, where 40 percent reside, Kherson Oblast, where 16 percent reside and Kiev, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Ukraine this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zhivets86125/
Zhevets861/
Zhivet7714/
Zivets771/
Zybets771/
Chehyvets752/
Zhyveha7118/
Cahyves711/
Zheve67240/
Zyver67118/
Drzevets6729/
Zeves677/
Zybes677/
Zhyva673/
Zeyve673/
Zevetsch671/
Zhive671/
Zives671/
Jyves670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Zhyvets
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