Belijs Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Belijs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 84 | 1:24,405 | 3,713 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Belijs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Belijs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Belijs is held by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Belijs? popularity and diffusion
The last name Belijs is the 1,955,159th most common family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Belijs reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 92 percent reside in Baltic Europe.
Belijs is most commonly used in Latvia, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 24,405. In Latvia it is most prevalent in: Riga Planning Region, where 69 percent live, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 15 percent live and Latgale, where 15 percent live. Besides Latvia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 5 percent live and Norway, 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 Belijs
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