Lezha Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Lezha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 36 | 1:80,946 | 8,634 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
Lezha (25) may also be a first name.
Lezha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lezha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lezha (Russian: Лежа) occurs more in Albania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lezha? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lezha is the 2,483,783rd most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. The last name Lezha occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Lezha are found; 62 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 60 percent are found in Albano-Europe. Lezha is also the 2,136,160th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 25 people.
The surname Lezha is most common in Albania, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 80,946. In Albania Lezha is mostly found in: Shkodër County, where 61 percent are found, Tirana County, where 31 percent are found and Vlorë County, where 8 percent are found. Beside Albania it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lezha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lezha in the Russian language | ||
| Лежа | leza | - |
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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 Lezha
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