Dimitrova Surname

4,902nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115,221 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Dimitrova Surname User-submission:

Dimitrova is a Bulgarian surname, meaning 'daughter of Dimitar'.

Dimitrova Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria100,4741:695
North Macedonia3,7881:55563
Spain2,3371:20,0052,200
Russia2,1371:67,4428,754
Greece1,8361:6,035658
Moldova7891:4,514656
United States7651:473,80340,248
England5121:108,82411,299
Germany3781:212,97724,077
France2561:259,46440,012
Canada2181:169,01616,995
Austria1361:62,6139,728
Italy1351:453,01348,035
Netherlands1271:132,97020,548
Belgium1141:100,84815,329
Kazakhstan931:190,13417,895
Sweden851:115,8448,286
Lithuania811:37,4646,414
Slovenia721:34,5516,690
Australia701:385,65331,598
Transnistria601:7,9121,540
Belarus551:172,74722,906
Czechia551:193,33628,224
Malta541:7,968513
Switzerland521:157,94114,824
Thailand431:1,642,752213,663
Luxembourg421:13,8222,948
Denmark391:144,73612,759
Latvia331:62,1239,312
Uzbekistan331:937,24718,607
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Ireland281:168,1767,397
Brazil271:7,928,679178,836
Norway251:205,69123,411
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Scotland161:334,61415,044
Finland151:366,44725,366
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
Poland121:3,167,396120,990
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Kyrgyzstan111:542,96940,072
Croatia91:469,84536,710
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Azerbaijan61:1,608,18720,863
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
China41:341,830,39216,990
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Georgia41:936,38624,100
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Isle of Man31:28,6073,614
Serbia31:2,381,64930,913
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Monaco11:37,0664,748
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

The alternate forms: Dimitrová (18) are calculated separately.

Dimitrova (204) may also be a first name.

Dimitrova Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Dimitrova is a Bulgarian surname, meaning 'daughter of Dimitar'.

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Dimitrova Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dimitrova (Georgian: დიმიტროვა, Russian: Димитрова) is borne by more people in Bulgaria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Dimitrová. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dimitrova? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,902nd most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 63,248 people. Dimitrova is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Dimitrova reside; 92 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 90 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 633,892nd most commonly held forename at a global level. It is borne by 204 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 100,474 people, or 1 in 69. In Bulgaria Dimitrova is most numerous in: Sofia City Province, where 19 percent reside, Varna Province, where 9 percent reside and Plovdiv Province, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Bulgaria it occurs in 87 countries. It also occurs in North Macedonia, where 3 percent reside and Spain, where 2 percent reside.

Dimitrova Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Orthodox (88%) in Russia and Orthodox (93%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Dimitrova surname are 1.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.55% registered with the party.

The amount Dimitrova earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 39.91% less than the national average, earning 207,952 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 67.17% more than the national average, earning R 397,248 per year; in United States they earn 3.87% more than the national average, earning $44,817 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.86% less than the national average, earning $40,808 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Dimitrova Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dimitrova in the Georgian language
დიმიტროვაdimitrova-
Dimitrova in the Russian language
Димитроваdimitrova-

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