Berezhnoy Surname

45,316th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,452 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Berezhnoy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Berezhnoy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia10,5051:13,7191,905
Kazakhstan4211:42,0015,504
Belarus1911:49,7448,497
Kyrgyzstan941:63,5398,670
Uzbekistan541:572,76212,592
Transnistria541:8,7911,747
Israel501:171,15317,369
United States391:9,293,819392,288
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Moldova61:593,56136,655
Georgia51:749,10921,598
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England21:27,859,030389,889
Abkhazia21:121,4324,128
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427

Berezhnoy Last Name Facts

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

Berezhnoy (Russian: Бережной) is found in Russia more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Berezhnoy? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 45,316th most common family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 636,356 people. The surname Berezhnoy occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Berezhnoy are found; 75 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 75 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

Berezhnoy is most frequent in Russia, where it is held by 10,505 people, or 1 in 13,719. In Russia Berezhnoy is most frequent in: Belgorod Oblast, where 16 percent are found, Rostov Oblast, where 10 percent are found and Krasnodar Krai, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Russia Berezhnoy is found in 25 countries. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 4 percent are found and Belarus, where 2 percent are found.

Berezhnoy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (88%) in Russia, Orthodox (93%) in Belarus, Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (84%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Berezhnoy last name are 6.81% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 53.58% being registered to vote for the party.

Berezhnoy earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 39.6% less than the national average, earning $26,060 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Berezhnoy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Berezhnoy in the Russian language
Бережнойbereznoj-

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Berezhnoy Reference & Research

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Berezhnoy FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Berezhnoy
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