Emelyan Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Emelyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Emelyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus781:121,80817,768
Russia581:2,484,880144,115
Kazakhstan81:2,210,31295,036
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427

Emelyan (879) may also be a first name.

Emelyan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Emelyan (Russian: Емельян) is found most frequently in Belarus. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Emelyan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Emelyan is the 1,441,361st most numerous surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Emelyan live; 81 percent live in Eastern Europe and 79 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 274,260th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 879 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Belarus, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 121,808. In Belarus Emelyan is most frequent in: Minsk Region, where 56 percent are found, Minsk, where 28 percent are found and Grodno Region, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Belarus this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 39 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 5 percent are found.

Emelyan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Emelyan last name is chiefly Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Catholic (75%) in Belarus.

In The United States those bearing the Emelyan surname are 22.46% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 69.23% registered with the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Emelyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Emelyan in the Russian language
Емельянemelan-

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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 Emelyan
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