Surnames
1. Contact
Responsible agency
Unit
Contact person
Position
Email (agency)
Phone
2. Statistical presentation
Data description
The statistics on the surnames of usual residents of Latvia provide an insight into surname trends in Latvia and the historical regions of Latvia, with Riga being singled out separately, as surnames there differ significantly from the rest of Vidzeme.
Statistical concepts and definitions
Statistical unit
- A person whose permanent place of residence is the respective administrative territory.
Statistical population
Names with a total of more than three.
3. Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements
N/A
4. Accessibility and clarity
On-line database
Datasets are available on the official statistics portal Section "Other format".
5. Comparability
Comparability - geographical
N/A
Length of comparable time series
Comparable data are available since 2014.
6. Coherence
Coherence- cross domain
N/A
7. Statistical processing (data source etc.)
Source data
- Register of Natural Persons (FPR, until June 28, 2021 - Population Register (IR)) maintained by the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs.
Data collection
The information is received from the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, which is the data holder.
Data compilation
The spelling of the surnames has been kept in accordance with the Register of Natural Persons of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs.
The published statistics do not include names with a total number of less than ten in the respective territory.