Lesev Surname
Approximately 328 people bear this surname
Lesev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 201 | 1:34,721 | 2,653 |
| Ukraine | 38 | 1:1,197,966 | 104,401 |
| Belarus | 32 | 1:296,908 | 33,328 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| Moldova | 18 | 1:197,854 | 18,761 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
The alternate forms: Lešev (16) are calculated separately.
Lesev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lesev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lesev (Russian: Лесев) is carried by more people in Bulgaria than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Lešev. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lesev? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 839,220th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 22,218,128 people. The last name Lesev occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Lesev are found; 62 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 62 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
This last name is most widely held in Bulgaria, where it is held by 201 people, or 1 in 34,721. In Bulgaria it is mostly found in: Plovdiv Province, where 39 percent reside, Sofia City Province, where 17 percent reside and Sofia Province, where 13 percent reside. Besides Bulgaria this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 12 percent reside and Belarus, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lesev Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lesev in the Russian language | ||
| Лесев | lesev | - |
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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 Lesev
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