Lestev Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Lestev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lestev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia1841:783,27764,691
Ukraine191:2,395,931155,639
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Leštev (4) are calculated separately.

Lestev Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lestev (Russian: Лестев) occurs more in Russia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Leštev. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lestev? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,121,821st most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Lestev are found; 93 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 93 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Russia, where it is carried by 184 people, or 1 in 783,277. In Russia it is most frequent in: Volgograd Oblast, where 65 percent reside, Tula Oblast, where 7 percent reside and Astrakhan Oblast, where 4 percent reside. Barring Russia it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 9 percent reside and Belarus, where 2 percent reside.

Lestev Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Lestev last name is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Lestev last name are 11.56% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 58.33% registered with the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leštev944/
Lesteva92255/
Leshtev9217/
Letev9123/
Leshtaev86272/
Leshteva8618/
Hlesteva862/
Listev83235/
Lestov8325/
Lystev8314/
Letiev8314/
Leteva837/
Leteev837/
Lastev833/
Lostev831/
Lestiv831/
Listeva77258/
Lastaev77122/
Lettiev7765/
Lysteva7720/
Leshtov7714/
Lishtev778/
Listiev776/
Lechtev775/
Listaev775/
Lastiev771/
Leyteva771/
Glistev771/
Litev7316/
Letef7310/
Letiv735/
Lstov733/
Letew731/
Lashtaev7122/
Lishtaev7112/
Letevová716/
Lishteva716/
Lyshtaev713/
Loshtaev711/
Listov67819/
Lastov67156/
Leteff67148/
Lostov6764/
Liteev6760/
Lyotev6754/
Lystov6745/
Leteef6727/
Liteva6718/
Letief676/
Litiev675/
Letteb674/
Leštov674/
Leatef673/
Lethew673/
Leteif672/
Lestiw672/
Lostyv671/
Lyteev671/
Lyteva671/
Lethef671/
Lettef671/
Lettew671/
Leiteb671/
Lostav671/
Leteuf671/
Leteab671/
Letefe671/

Lestev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lestev in the Russian language
Лестевlestev-

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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 Lestev
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