Lelev Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
North Macedonia

Lelev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lelev Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546

Lelev Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lelev (Russian: Лелев) occurs more in Russia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lelev? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lelev is the 7,117,718th most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 57 percent of Lelev reside; 57 percent reside in North Asia and 57 percent reside in Slavic North Asia.

The surname is most frequently used in Russia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 36,030,764. In Russia Lelev is most prevalent in: Altai Krai, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Russia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 29 percent reside and North Macedonia, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Lolaev732,980/
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Lelev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lelev in the Russian language
Лелевlelev-

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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 Lelev
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