Mezhen Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Mezhen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 85 | 1:111,777 | 16,625 |
| Russia | 48 | 1:3,002,564 | 162,760 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mezhen Demographics
Mezhen Religious Adherence
in Belarus
Religious Adherence
in Belarus
Mezhen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mezhen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mezhen (Russian: Межень) is most common in Belarus. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mezhen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,527,735th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. Mezhen is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Mezhen live; 94 percent live in Eastern Europe and 94 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
This last name is most frequently used in Belarus, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 111,777. In Belarus it is most common in: Vitebsk Region, where 35 percent are found, Minsk, where 19 percent are found and Brest Region, where 18 percent are found. Excluding Belarus this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 35 percent are found and Ukraine, where 1 percent are found.
Mezhen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Orthodox (71%) in Belarus.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mezhen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mezhen in the Russian language | ||
| Межень | mezen | - |
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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 Mezhen
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