Leskit Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Leskit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leskit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea341:239,81532,925
Belarus311:306,48634,064

Leskit Last Name Facts

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

Leskit (Russian: Лескить) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Leskit? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,372,517th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 52 percent of Leskit live; 52 percent live in Oceania Islands and 52 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

Leskit is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 239,815. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: New Ireland, where 71 percent are found and West New Britain, where 29 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Belarus, where 48 percent are found.

Leskit Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Leskit last name is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Belarus.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Laskit83316/
Lesket8343/
Loskit8332/
Liskit831/
Lyskoit7767/
Lhaskit7718/
Laskith775/
Lesquit773/
Liesket770/
Lescoit770/
Loskitt770/
Lzkit731/
Lesquite716/
Leeskeet711/
Lescheit711/
Lasket67166/
Losket677/
Laskid671/
Leischeidt631/
Lyskoyt62111/
Laskett6221/
Lesquet621/
Lasquit621/
Loskett621/
Lescheid5716/
Lyskoyts571/
Laškaitė571/
Lasked500/

Leskit Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Leskit in the Russian language
Лескитьleskit-

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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 Leskit
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