Lyaev Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Lyaev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lyaev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria111:634,44625,919
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Lyaev Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lyaev (Russian: Ляев) occurs most in Bulgaria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Lyaev.

How Common Is The Last Name Lyaev? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Lyaev live; 76 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 76 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Lyaev is most frequently held in Bulgaria, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 634,446. In Bulgaria Lyaev is most frequent in: Sofia City Province, where 55 percent live, Ruse Province, where 36 percent live and Sliven Province, where 9 percent live. Aside from Bulgaria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 18 percent live and Croatia, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Laev89435/
Lyev8946/
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Liyev80347/
Lyuev80184/
Lyauv8035/
Laiev8022/
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Hlyev801/
Llyayeva771/
Lev7511,153/
Lav754,071/
Lagiev7347/
Əliyev7310/
Lahaev738/
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Lahyev733/
Laiyev732/
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Laieva731/
Laheva731/
Laheev731/
Layevf731/
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Loev67508/
Liev67398/
Liav67370/
Luev67206/
Lauv67186/
Leav6786/
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Leev6763/
Laiv6762/
Laav6752/
Leiv6721/
Levå6719/
Laeb6717/
Laew6716/
Laep6712/
Laef678/
Llav674/
Levh672/
Lyef671/
Llev671/
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Lyaev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lyaev in the Russian language
Ляевlaev-

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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 Lyaev
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