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
The last name Lezgi (Georgian: ლეზგი, Russian: Лезги) is found most in Turkey. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lezgi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 615,220th most numerous family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 14,546,000 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Lezgi reside; 96 percent reside in West Asia and 96 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 482,193rd most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 330 people.
The last name is most common in Turkey, where it is carried by 489 people, or 1 in 159,144. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Diyarbakir Province, where 53 percent reside, Sakarya Province, where 8 percent reside and Kirikkale Province, where 8 percent reside. Besides Turkey this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 1 percent reside and Greece, where 1 percent reside.
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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