Bolshoy Surname
Approximately 2,563 people bear this surname
Bolshoy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 2,315 | 1:62,256 | 8,079 |
| Belarus | 102 | 1:93,148 | 14,431 |
| Kazakhstan | 58 | 1:304,871 | 25,574 |
| Uzbekistan | 49 | 1:631,207 | 13,568 |
| Moldova | 9 | 1:395,708 | 28,721 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Transnistria | 3 | 1:158,233 | 13,093 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bolshoy (537) may also be a first name.
Bolshoy Demographics
Bolshoy Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Bolshoy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bolshoy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bolshoy (Russian: Большой) is found in Russia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bolshoy? popularity and diffusion
Bolshoy is the 168,585th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,843,366 people. Bolshoy is mostly found in Europe, where 74 percent of Bolshoy live; 74 percent live in Eastern Europe and 72 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Bolshoy is also the 363,820th most numerous given name in the world. It is borne by 537 people.
It is most numerous in Russia, where it is borne by 2,315 people, or 1 in 62,256. In Russia it is mostly found in: Moscow, where 19 percent live, Saint Petersburg, where 9 percent live and Samara Oblast, where 4 percent live. Beside Russia Bolshoy is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 4 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 2 percent live.
Bolshoy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (82%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (84%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Bolshoy last name are 3.26% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 43.51% being registered with the political party.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bolshoy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bolshoy in the Russian language | ||
| Большой | bolsoj | - |
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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 Bolshoy
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