Prezhina Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Prezhina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prezhina Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus291:327,62335,686
Russia211:6,863,003268,198

Prezhina Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prezhina (Russian: Прежина) has its highest incidence in Belarus. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prezhina? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,746,821st most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name Prezhina occurs predominantly in Europe, where 76 percent of Prezhina live; 76 percent live in Eastern Europe and 76 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Prezhina is most frequent in Belarus, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 327,623. In Belarus Prezhina is most common in: Gomel Region, where 83 percent live, Minsk, where 14 percent live and Vitebsk Region, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Belarus this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Russia, where 42 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Prezhina Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prezhina in the Russian language
Прежинаprezina-

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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 Prezhina
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