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
The last name Mezhen (Russian: Межень) is borne by more people in Belarus than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mezhen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mezhen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mezhen is the 1,527,735th most frequently held surname in the world, held by around 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.
The last name Mezhen is most numerous in Belarus, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 111,777. In Belarus Mezhen is primarily concentrated in: Vitebsk Region, where 35 percent are found, Minsk, where 19 percent are found and Brest Region, where 18 percent are found. Outside of Belarus it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 35 percent are found and Ukraine, where 1 percent are found.
Mezhen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly 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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