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

Levshun (Russian: Левшун) has its highest incidence in Ukraine. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Levshun? popularity and diffusion

The last name Levshun is the 770,644th most widespread family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 19,749,447 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Levshun live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Levshun is most commonly held in Ukraine, where it is held by 142 people, or 1 in 320,582. In Ukraine it is most frequent in: Lviv Oblast, where 20 percent reside, Volyn Oblast, where 13 percent reside and Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Ukraine it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 33 percent reside and Belarus, where 28 percent reside.

Levshun Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States those holding the Levshun surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the 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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