Letchenya Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Letchenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Letchenya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus911:104,40715,788
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Transnistria11:474,69917,893

Letchenya Last Name Facts

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

Letchenya (Russian: Летченя) is carried by more people in Belarus than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Letchenya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Letchenya is the 1,839,022nd most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname Letchenya is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Letchenya live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Letchenya is most widespread in Belarus, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 104,407. In Belarus it is most frequent in: Minsk Region, where 65 percent live, Minsk, where 20 percent live and Brest Region, where 10 percent live. Aside from Belarus it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 6 percent live and Moldova, where 2 percent live.

Letchenya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Belarus.

In The United States Letchenya are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leschenya8999/
Leshchenya8478/
Lichenya82368/
Leshenya8231/
Letchinia785/
Lyschenya781/
Lischenya781/
Letshenyo781/
Lesenya751,453/
Legenya7593/
Lecenia7538/
Leshchenia7415/
Lyshchenya744/
Lescenia712/
Lechingia671/

Letchenya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Letchenya in the Russian language
Летченяletcena-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Letchenya
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