Chimev Surname

1,691,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Chimev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chimev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria1131:61,7604,072
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Chimev Last Name Facts

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

Chimev (Russian: Чимев) is held by more people in Bulgaria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chimev? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chimev is the 1,691,963rd most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. The surname Chimev occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Chimev are found; 97 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 113 people, or 1 in 61,760. In Bulgaria Chimev is most frequent in: Blagoevgrad Province, where 69 percent are found, Sofia City Province, where 12 percent are found and Kyustendil Province, where 8 percent are found. Other than Bulgaria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent are found and Cuba, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chimaev92512/
Chimeva92120/
Chimeev9214/
Chimiev925/
Tchimev923/
Schimeev867/
Chimov8356/
Chimiv834/
Shimev831/
Chumev831/
Chimav831/
Cimeva831/
Chumaev77346/
Chumeev77142/
Chemaev77106/
Chaimov7765/
Shimeev7715/
Shimiev777/
Chemeev775/
Khimeev773/
Chymaev773/
Chumoev772/
Chemiev772/
Khimiev772/
Schemev771/
Schimef771/
Schimew770/
Simev738/
Kimev734/
Čimev733/
Himef732/
Cimef731/
Dzhimiev71120/
Shaimiev7125/
Khismeev7112/
Dzhimeev718/
Chumov67466/
Chemov67169/
Simeva67100/
Kimeev6765/
Gimeev6720/
Shemev6711/
Zimeev678/
Tsimev676/
Kimeva674/
Chemiv673/
Khymev672/
Chymov672/
Zhemev672/
Simeev672/
Joimev671/
Jaimev671/
Ziemev671/
Zimiev671/
Zaimev671/

Chimev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chimev in the Russian language
Чимевcimev-

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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 Chimev
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