Dechev Surname
Approximately 2,217 people bear this surname
Dechev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 1,863 | 1:3,746 | 546 |
| Ukraine | 137 | 1:332,282 | 41,630 |
| Russia | 87 | 1:1,656,587 | 109,852 |
| Kazakhstan | 27 | 1:654,907 | 44,542 |
| Moldova | 25 | 1:142,455 | 15,214 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Greece | 21 | 1:527,609 | 66,013 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Transnistria | 7 | 1:67,814 | 9,165 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Dechev Demographics
Dechev Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Dechev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dechev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dechev (Russian: Дечев) occurs most in Bulgaria. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dechev? popularity and diffusion
It is the 190,382nd most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 3,287,120 people. The last name Dechev is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Dechev are found; 85 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 84 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
It is most common in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 1,863 people, or 1 in 3,746. In Bulgaria Dechev is mostly found in: Plovdiv Province, where 16 percent live, Sofia City Province, where 13 percent live and Stara Zagora Province, where 11 percent live. Aside from Bulgaria this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 6 percent live and Russia, where 4 percent live.
Dechev Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Orthodox (80%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
The amount Dechev earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 647.73% more than the national average, earning R 1,776,880 per year; in United States they earn 58.18% less than the national average, earning $18,047 USD per year and in Canada they earn 82.04% more than the national average, earning $90,442 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dechev Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dechev in the Russian language | ||
| Дечев | decev | - |
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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 Dechev
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