Lezgi Surname
Approximately 501 people bear this surname
Lezgi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 489 | 1:159,144 | 12,401 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
Lezgi (330) may also be a first name.
Lezgi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lezgi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lezgi (Georgian: ლეზგი, Russian: Лезги) occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Lezgi.
How Common Is The Last Name Lezgi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 615,220th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,546,000 people. The last name Lezgi is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Lezgi live; 96 percent live in West Asia and 96 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 482,193rd most commonly used forename worldwide It is held by 330 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is borne by 489 people, or 1 in 159,144. In Turkey Lezgi is mostly concentrated in: Diyarbakir Province, where 53 percent live, Sakarya Province, where 8 percent live and Kirikkale Province, where 8 percent live. Outside of Turkey this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 1 percent live and Greece, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lezgi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lezgi in the Georgian language | ||
| ლეზგი | lezgi | - |
| Lezgi in the Russian language | ||
| Лезги | lezgi | - |
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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 Lezgi
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