Obshchev Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Obshchev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Obshchev Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia431:3,351,699174,427
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818

Obshchev Last Name Facts

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

The surname Obshchev is more commonly found in Russia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Obshchev.

How Common Is The Last Name Obshchev? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,843,861st most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. Obshchev occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Obshchev live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Obshchev is most frequently used in Russia, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 3,351,699. In Russia Obshchev is most prevalent in: Mordovia Republic, where 72 percent are found, Moscow, where 12 percent are found and Saint Petersburg, where 7 percent are found. Other than Russia Obshchev exists in one country. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obshcheva9453/
Obschev932/
Obscheva886/
Obchev863/
Obshiev802/
Obsheev801/
Gobsev712/
Absheev6710/
Hopchev672/
Abshiev671/

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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 Obshchev
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