Peresvet Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Peresvet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peresvet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia1031:1,399,25397,801
Ukraine91:5,058,077228,455
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271

Peresvet (214) may also be a first name.

Peresvet Last Name Facts

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

The last name Peresvet (Russian: Пересвет) is found in Russia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peresvet? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,658,108th most frequently held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Peresvet live; 85 percent live in Eastern Europe and 84 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Peresvet is also the 617,781st most commonly held forename world-wide It is held by 214 people.

Peresvet is most commonly held in Russia, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 1,399,253. In Russia it is most numerous in: Moscow, where 24 percent live, Bryansk Oblast, where 11 percent live and Saint Petersburg, where 8 percent live. Outside of Russia this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 8 percent live and Belarus, where 4 percent live.

Peresvet Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Peresvet last name are 16.39% more likely to be registered Liberal Democratics than the national average, with 63.16% registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Peresvet Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Peresvet in the Russian language
Пересветperesvet-

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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 Peresvet
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