Decheva Surname
Approximately 2,283 people bear this surname
Decheva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 1,972 | 1:3,539 | 506 |
| Ukraine | 149 | 1:305,521 | 38,855 |
| Russia | 85 | 1:1,695,565 | 111,577 |
| Moldova | 26 | 1:136,976 | 14,869 |
| Transnistria | 12 | 1:39,558 | 6,116 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Greece | 8 | 1:1,384,974 | 86,362 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Decheva Demographics
Decheva Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Decheva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Decheva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Decheva (Russian: Дечева) is borne by more people in Bulgaria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Decheva? popularity and diffusion
The surname Decheva is the 185,616th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,192,092 people. The last name Decheva is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Decheva are found; 87 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 86 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
This surname is most widespread in Bulgaria, where it is held by 1,972 people, or 1 in 3,539. In Bulgaria Decheva is mostly concentrated in: Sofia City Province, where 16 percent are found, Plovdiv Province, where 15 percent are found and Stara Zagora Province, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Bulgaria this surname is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 7 percent are found and Russia, where 4 percent are found.
Decheva Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Decheva surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
Decheva earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.01% less than the national average, earning $42,281 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Decheva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Decheva in the Russian language | ||
| Дечева | deceva | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Decheva
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis