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
Lesev (Russian: Лесев) occurs most in Bulgaria. It may be rendered as: Lešev. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lesev? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 839,220th most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 22,218,128 people. The last name Lesev is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Lesev reside; 62 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 62 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Bulgaria, where it is held by 201 people, or 1 in 34,721. In Bulgaria it is mostly concentrated in: Plovdiv Province, where 39 percent reside, Sofia City Province, where 17 percent reside and Sofia Province, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Bulgaria this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found 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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