Ančev Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
North Macedonia
Highest density in:
North Macedonia

Ančev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ančev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
North Macedonia1001:21,0152,828
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128

The alternate forms: Ancev (14) are calculated separately.

Ančev (32) may also be a first name.

Ančev Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ančev occurs in North Macedonia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Ancev. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ančev? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ančev is the 1,839,022nd most frequently used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ančev reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. Ančev is also the 1,840,253rd most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 32 people.

The last name is most numerous in North Macedonia, where it is borne by 100 people, or 1 in 21,015. In North Macedonia it is primarily found in: Eastern, where 48 percent live, Vardar, where 25 percent live and Southeastern, where 16 percent live. Not including North Macedonia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Slovenia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ancev9314/
Gančeva8318/
Ončev8043/
Anchev73858/
Antsev73201/
Ončeva7355/
Gončev737/
Anzhev734/
Anzeev731/
Ganchev675,797/
Ancheva67867/
Gantsev67499/
Hanchev67473/
Antseva67303/
Hantsev67157/
Ancheev6756/
Anzhiev6726/
Antsiev6725/
Hanzeev6719/
Anıtsev6714/
Antchev6714/
Hanzhev679/
Aintsev679/
Ayntsev675/
Antshev672/
Anttsev671/
Andzhev671/
Anzheev671/

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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 Ančev
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