Dezhnyov Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Dezhnyov Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 166 | 1:868,211 | 69,731 |
| Belarus | 9 | 1:1,055,673 | 72,859 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
Dezhnyov Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dezhnyov Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dezhnyov (Russian: Дежнёв) occurs in Russia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dezhnyov? popularity and diffusion
Dezhnyov is the 1,281,391st most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. The last name Dezhnyov is mostly found in Europe, where 55 percent of Dezhnyov are found; 55 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 55 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.
The surname Dezhnyov is most frequently held in Russia, where it is borne by 166 people, or 1 in 868,211. In Russia Dezhnyov is most common in: Novosibirsk Oblast, where 13 percent are found, Moscow, where 11 percent are found and Saint Petersburg, where 8 percent are found. Besides Russia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 5 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dezhnyov Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dezhnyov in the Russian language | ||
| Дежнёв | deznev | - |
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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 Dezhnyov
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