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 most common in Russia. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zhores? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,532,898th most frequent family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of Zhores reside; 58 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 58 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. Zhores is also the 1,011,231st most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 89 people.
The last name is most numerous in Russia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 16,013,673. In Russia Zhores is most common in: Kemerovo Oblast, where 67 percent live, Kirov Oblast, where 11 percent live and Moscow, where 11 percent live. Not including Russia this surname occurs 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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