Lesket Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Lesket Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 34 | 1:279,443 | 32,011 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Lesket Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lesket Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lesket (Russian: Лескеть) occurs in Belarus more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lesket? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,979,664th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. Lesket occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Lesket reside; 86 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 86 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
Lesket is most commonly used in Belarus, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 279,443. In Belarus it is mostly concentrated in: Minsk Region, where 53 percent reside, Grodno Region, where 38 percent reside and Minsk, where 9 percent reside. Not including Belarus this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent reside and Ukraine, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liesket | 92 | 0 | / |
| Leeskeet | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lasket | 83 | 166 | / |
| Leskit | 83 | 65 | / |
| Losket | 83 | 7 | / |
| Lashket | 77 | 36 | / |
| Laskett | 77 | 21 | / |
| Lesquet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Loskett | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lescheit | 71 | 1 | / |
| Laskit | 67 | 316 | / |
| Loskit | 67 | 32 | / |
| Liskit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lasked | 67 | 0 | / |
| Leischeidt | 63 | 1 | / |
| Lyskoyt | 62 | 111 | / |
| Lyskoit | 62 | 67 | / |
| Lischet | 62 | 22 | / |
| Lhaskit | 62 | 18 | / |
| Laskith | 62 | 5 | / |
| Lesquit | 62 | 3 | / |
| Lasquet | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lescoit | 62 | 0 | / |
| Loskitt | 62 | 0 | / |
| Lischett | 57 | 30 | / |
| Lescheid | 57 | 16 | / |
| Lesquite | 57 | 6 | / |
| Lyskoyts | 57 | 1 | / |
| Loskhead | 57 | 0 | / |
| Lzkit | 55 | 1 | / |
| Laskid | 50 | 1 | / |
Lesket Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lesket in the Russian language | ||
| Лескеть | lesket | - |
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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 Lesket
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