Kashchey Surname

1,115,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 218 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Kashchey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kashchey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus1251:76,00812,266
Russia841:1,715,751112,504
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Kashchey Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kashchey is more frequently found in Belarus than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kashchey? popularity and diffusion

Kashchey is the 1,115,011th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 33,429,110 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Kashchey live; 88 percent live in Eastern Europe and 88 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Belarus, where it is held by 125 people, or 1 in 76,008. In Belarus it is most frequent in: Minsk Region, where 70 percent are found, Grodno Region, where 13 percent are found and Minsk, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Belarus it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 39 percent are found and Estonia, where 4 percent are found.

Kashchey Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.

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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 Kashchey
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