Lemeshchenko Surname

469,804th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 715 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Lemeshchenko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lemeshchenko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine3781:120,43017,079
Russia2811:512,89347,005
Belarus521:182,71323,870
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lemeshchenko Last Name Facts

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

Lemeshchenko has its highest incidence in Ukraine. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lemeshchenko? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 469,804th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 10,192,372 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Lemeshchenko reside; 92 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 92 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Ukraine, where it is borne by 378 people, or 1 in 120,430. In Ukraine Lemeshchenko is mostly concentrated in: Chernihiv Oblast, where 15 percent are found, Donetsk Oblast, where 15 percent are found and Kiev, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Ukraine this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 39 percent are found and Belarus, where 7 percent are found.

Lemeshchenko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Lemeshchenko last name is predominantly Orthodox (100%) 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 Lemeshchenko
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