Aleksej Surname
Approximately 356 people bear this surname
Aleksej Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 309 | 1:466,418 | 43,668 |
| Belarus | 26 | 1:365,425 | 38,396 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
The alternate forms: Aleksėj (1) are calculated separately.
Aleksej (12,543) may also be a first name.
Aleksej Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aleksej Come From? nationality or country of origin
Aleksej is found in Russia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Aleksėj. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Aleksej? popularity and diffusion
It is the 791,719th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 20,470,635 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 79 percent of Aleksej live; 76 percent live in Eastern Europe and 76 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 52,578th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world. It is borne by 12,543 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Russia, where it is carried by 309 people, or 1 in 466,418. In Russia it is mostly concentrated in: Moscow, where 24 percent live, Saint Petersburg, where 12 percent live and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, where 4 percent live. Outside of Russia Aleksej occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 7 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
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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 Aleksej
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