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

Lestev (Russian: Лестев) occurs more in Russia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Leštev. For other potential spellings of Lestev click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lestev? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,121,821st most widely held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. The last name Lestev is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Lestev reside; 93 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 93 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

Lestev is most frequent 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 are found, Tula Oblast, where 7 percent are found and Astrakhan Oblast, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Russia it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 9 percent are found and Belarus, where 2 percent are found.

Lestev Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Lestev last name are 11.56% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party 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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