Zveja Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Zveja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zveja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia1001:20,5003,097
England41:13,929,515290,718
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Zveja Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zveja Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Zveja is held by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zveja? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zveja is the 1,775,494th most widely held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Zveja are found; 97 percent are found in Northern Europe and 93 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

Zveja is most prevalent in Latvia, where it is carried by 100 people, or 1 in 20,500. In Latvia it is mostly concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 73 percent are found, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 23 percent are found and Semigallia, where 2 percent are found. Other than Latvia this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zvea891/
Sveja807/
Zvejs802/
Zveia801/
Zveya801/
Dzveya73173/
Zvijač735/
Svedja732/
Zvíjač731/
Zvijas731/
Zwieja731/
Svea67130/
Zvai6733/
Svej678/
Zbea674/
Zuea672/
Cvea671/
Zvuj671/
Zvau671/
Zwea671/
Zvei671/
Zveu671/
Svejova671/

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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 Zveja
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