Kleshch Surname

391,429th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 904 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Kleshch Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kleshch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine4751:95,83713,725
Russia3511:410,60739,463
Belarus621:153,24321,008
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Kleshch Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kleshch has its highest incidence in Ukraine. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kleshch? popularity and diffusion

Kleshch is the 391,429th most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 8,061,445 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Kleshch reside; 84 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 84 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most common in Ukraine, where it is carried by 475 people, or 1 in 95,837. In Ukraine it is primarily found in: Donetsk Oblast, where 15 percent are found, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 15 percent are found and Chernihiv Oblast, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Ukraine this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 39 percent are found and Belarus, where 7 percent are found.

Kleshch Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Kleshch last name is principally Orthodox (93%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Klesch92465/
Klyshch862,510/
Klishch86285/
Kleisch86244/
Kleesch8615/
Klesc8325/
Kleshchova82316/
Khlyshch8029/
Klyashch801/
Klisch771,718/
Klescz7778/
Klysch7768/
Klescs7710/
Kliesc774/
Klezch771/
Klishtsch751/
Kleszcz714,373/
Klyshchova7178/
Klyschz715/
Klishchova711/
Kleszcs711/
Kleizch711/
Killisch67173/
Köllisch67135/
Klescova6715/
Kellisch6710/
Khlyshchova677/
Klisc673/
Küllisch671/
Klyschcz671/

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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 Kleshch
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