Vezha Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Vezha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 158 | 1:97,710 | 13,813 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Vezha (42) may also be a first name.
Vezha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vezha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vezha (Russian: Вежа) is found most in Zimbabwe. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vezha? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vezha is the 1,286,243rd most frequent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Vezha are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 42 people.
Vezha is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 158 people, or 1 in 97,710. In Zimbabwe Vezha is mostly found in: Masvingo Province, where 30 percent are found, Bulawayo Province, where 19 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 19 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 3 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vezha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vezha in the Russian language | ||
| Вежа | veza | - |
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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 Vezha
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