Kuzhelev Surname

254,471st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,552 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Kuzhelev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kuzhelev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia1,1511:125,21614,852
Ukraine2311:197,06826,702
Belarus811:117,29717,225
Kazakhstan671:263,91822,888
Kyrgyzstan141:426,61834,019
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Transnistria11:474,69917,893

Kuzhelev Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kuzhelev (Russian: Кужелев) is found in Russia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kuzhelev? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 254,471st most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,695,584 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 72 percent of Kuzhelev are found; 72 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 72 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The last name Kuzhelev is most frequent in Russia, where it is held by 1,151 people, or 1 in 125,216. In Russia Kuzhelev is mostly concentrated in: Bryansk Oblast, where 15 percent reside, Rostov Oblast, where 13 percent reside and Krasnoyarsk Krai, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Russia it occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 15 percent reside and Belarus, where 5 percent reside.

Kuzhelev Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Kuzhelev last name is predominantly Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Belarus.

In The United States those bearing the Kuzhelev surname are 20.85% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 67.62% registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kuzhelev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kuzhelev in the Russian language
Кужелевkuzelev-

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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 Kuzhelev
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