Pershay Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Pershay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 133 | 1:71,437 | 11,615 |
| United States | 46 | 1:7,879,542 | 351,394 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
Pershay Demographics
Pershay Political Affiliation
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Pershay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pershay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pershay (Russian: Першай) is found most frequently in Belarus. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pershay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,194,481st most frequently used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. The surname Pershay occurs mostly in Europe, where 77 percent of Pershay reside; 77 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 77 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
The last name Pershay is most commonly occurring in Belarus, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 71,437. In Belarus Pershay is mostly concentrated in: Minsk Region, where 47 percent are found, Minsk, where 38 percent are found and Gomel Region, where 15 percent are found. Not including Belarus this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Russia, where 10 percent are found.
Pershay Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Pershay surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Belarus.
In The United States those holding the Pershay last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered with the party.
Pershay earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.44% more than the national average, earning $43,340 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pershay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pershay in the Russian language | ||
| Першай | persaj | - |
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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 Pershay
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