Zhores Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Zhores Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
Zhores (89) may also be a first name.
Zhores Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zhores Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zhores (Georgian: ჟორეს, Russian: Жорес) is held by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zhores? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,532,898th most widespread surname globally, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Zhores is mostly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Zhores reside; 58 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 58 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,011,231st most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 89 people.
This surname is most widely held in Russia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 16,013,673. In Russia Zhores is most numerous in: Kemerovo Oblast, where 67 percent live, Kirov Oblast, where 11 percent live and Moscow, where 11 percent live. Besides Russia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 32 percent live and Bulgaria, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zhores Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zhores in the Georgian language | ||
| ჟორეს | zhores | - |
| Zhores in the Russian language | ||
| Жорес | zores | - |
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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 Zhores
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