Bleg Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Bleg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bleg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Bleg Last Name Facts

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

Bleg (Russian: Блег) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bleg? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 38 percent of Bleg reside; 31 percent reside in West Africa and 31 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Bleg is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 100 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 23 percent are found and The United States, where 15 percent are found.

Bleg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bleg has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bleeg89145/
Blegg8916/
Bleig891/
Bleigh80383/
Belleg80181/
Blegue80109/
Billeg8035/
Bliegh801/
Bllegh801/
Bleegh801/
Bleugh800/
Blek753,276/
Blex75161/
Blec75103/
Blig7535/
Bleq755/
Wleg751/
Bleigue732/
Bellegh732/
Bleigth730/
Bligh674,337/
Bleck673,449/
Bliek671,235/
Bleak67543/
Bleyk67402/
Bleik67362/
Bleek67352/
Bleke67254/
Blekh67233/
Blejc6795/
Blike6760/
Bligt6715/
Vlegg6711/
Bellegue677/
Blygh674/
Blaig673/
Blgic672/
Bleuk672/
Blekt671/
Bleic671/
Vleig671/
Bleac671/
Blecq671/
Blejk671/
Bılek671/
Billegue671/

Bleg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bleg in the Russian language
Блегbleg-

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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 Bleg
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