Liyev Surname

806,178th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 347 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Azerbaijan
Highest density in:
Azerbaijan

Liyev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Liyev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Azerbaijan3381:28,5481,617
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Liyev Last Name Facts

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

Liyev is held by more people in Azerbaijan than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Liyev? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 806,178th most numerous last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 21,001,573 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Liyev live; 98 percent live in West Asia and 97 percent live in Transcaucasia.

The surname Liyev is most frequent in Azerbaijan, where it is held by 338 people, or 1 in 28,548. In Azerbaijan Liyev is primarily found in: Baku, where 61 percent reside, Ganja, where 15 percent reside and Absheron District, where 6 percent reside. Besides Azerbaijan Liyev exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 2 percent reside and Georgia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Əliyev9110/
Liev89398/
Lyev8946/
Lituyev832/
Litiyev831/
Liteyev831/
Litayev831/
Liyew803,247/
Lyuev80184/
Liyeb8049/
Liyep8044/
Laiev8022/
Lyaev8017/
Loyev8015/
Lievw806/
Liyav805/
Lliev803/
Leiev801/
Llyev801/
Loiev801/
Lijev801/
Liyov801/
Layev801/
Liiev801/
Hlyev801/
Lagiev7347/
Logiev7327/
Loyeva736/
Liyape733/
Lahyev733/
Lyhaev733/
Leyeva732/
Lyeyev731/
Lieyew731/
Legiev731/
Lehiev731/
Layevf731/
Liyope731/
Liheev731/
Lihaev731/
Layeva731/
Laieva731/
Lieb6712,758/
Liep679,669/
Lief67820/
Loev67508/
Laev67435/
Luev67206/
Leav6786/
Leyv6778/
Leev6763/
Laiv6762/
Lyeb6757/
Luiv6746/
Loiv6725/
Leiv6721/
Lysayev674/
Llyayev673/
Lysehav672/
Lytayev671/
Lyef671/
Letayev671/
Lišajev671/
Lyep671/
Lijv671/

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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 Liyev
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