Chonev Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Chonev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 169 | 1:41,295 | 3,017 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chonev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chonev Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chonev is more commonly found in Bulgaria than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chonev? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,286,243rd most widespread family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. The last name Chonev occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Chonev live; 95 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 95 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 169 people, or 1 in 41,295. In Bulgaria it is most numerous in: Sofia City Province, where 22 percent reside, Blagoevgrad Province, where 14 percent reside and Kyustendil Province, where 12 percent reside. Not including Bulgaria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Chonev
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