Gecheva Surname
Approximately 770 people bear this surname
Gecheva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 750 | 1:9,305 | 1,067 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gecheva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gecheva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gecheva (Russian: Гечева) is more commonly found in Bulgaria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gecheva? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 443,594th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 9,464,345 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Gecheva are found; 98 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
This surname is most frequently used in Bulgaria, where it is held by 750 people, or 1 in 9,305. In Bulgaria it is primarily concentrated in: Sofia City Province, where 19 percent are found, Lovech Province, where 14 percent are found and Plovdiv Province, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Bulgaria this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gecheva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gecheva in the Russian language | ||
| Гечева | geceva | - |
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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 Gecheva
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