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 surname Vezhan (Russian: Вежан) is more commonly found in Belarus than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vezhan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vezhan is the 2,372,517th most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name Vezhan is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Vezhan are found; 91 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 91 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Belarus, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 226,216. In Belarus Vezhan is primarily found in: Vitebsk Region, where 76 percent are found, Minsk, where 21 percent are found and Grodno Region, where 2 percent are found. Beside Belarus it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 18 percent are found and Ukraine, where 9 percent are found.
Vezhan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily 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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