Levshun Surname

770,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 369 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Belarus

Levshun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Levshun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine1421:320,58240,431
Russia1211:1,191,10087,429
Belarus1051:90,48614,099
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Levshun Last Name Facts

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

The surname Levshun (Russian: Левшун) is found most frequently in Ukraine. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Levshun? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 770,644th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 19,749,447 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Levshun reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Ukraine, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 320,582. In Ukraine it is most frequent in: Lviv Oblast, where 20 percent live, Volyn Oblast, where 13 percent live and Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 11 percent live. Apart from Ukraine it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 33 percent live and Belarus, where 28 percent live.

Levshun Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Levshun surname is principally Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (62%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Levshun last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Levsun922/
Levchun86447/
Lyvshun86329/
Livshun86100/
Lewshun861/
Levshunova82541/
Levsunova752/
Lövsund7165/
Lebsund719/
Lyvchun714/
Lewszun712/
Lefshon711/
Leivsson679/
Leebchun674/

Levshun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Levshun in the Russian language
Левшунlevsun-

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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 Levshun
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