Culev Surname
Approximately 275 people bear this surname
Culev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 242 | 1:14,716 | 2,510 |
| Uruguay | 22 | 1:155,989 | 13,535 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Čulev (57) & Ćulev (1) are calculated separately.
Culev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Culev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Culev is borne by more people in Moldova than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Čulev or Ćulev. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Culev? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 950,707th most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,500,167 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Culev are found; 89 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 89 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in Moldova, where it is carried by 242 people, or 1 in 14,716. In Moldova Culev is most frequent in: Găgăuzia, where 81 percent reside, Cahul District, where 9 percent reside and Chișinău Municipality, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Moldova it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Uruguay, where 8 percent reside and Romania, 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
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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 Culev
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