Bolshoi Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
Bolshoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 66 | 1:689,738 | 72,622 |
| Russia | 32 | 1:4,503,846 | 209,401 |
| Iran | 23 | 1:3,338,371 | 97,100 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | 1:2,210,312 | 95,036 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Bolshoi (17) may also be a first name.
Bolshoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bolshoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bolshoi (Russian: Большои) is found in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bolshoi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,447,279th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. The surname Bolshoi is primarily found in Europe, where 59 percent of Bolshoi live; 59 percent live in Eastern Europe and 59 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring forename on earth, borne by 17 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Ukraine, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 689,738. In Ukraine it is most numerous in: Zhytomyr Oblast, where 27 percent live, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 9 percent live and Kirovohrad Oblast, where 9 percent live. Outside of Ukraine this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 22 percent live and Iran, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bolshoi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bolshoi in the Russian language | ||
| Большои | bolsoi | - |
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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 Bolshoi
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