Vezhan Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Vezhan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 42 | 1:226,216 | 27,697 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
Vezhan Demographics
Vezhan Religious Adherence
in Belarus
Religious Adherence
in Belarus
Vezhan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vezhan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vezhan (Russian: Вежан) has its highest incidence in Belarus. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Vezhan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vezhan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vezhan is the 2,372,517th most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Vezhan reside; 91 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 91 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Belarus, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 226,216. In Belarus it is primarily found in: Vitebsk Region, where 76 percent live, Minsk, where 21 percent live and Grodno Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding Belarus this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 18 percent live and Ukraine, where 9 percent live.
Vezhan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Vezhan surname is predominantly Catholic (88%) in Belarus.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vezhan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vezhan in the Russian language | ||
| Вежан | vezan | - |
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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 Vezhan
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