Geleva Surname
Approximately 653 people bear this surname
Geleva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 466 | 1:14,976 | 1,500 |
| North Macedonia | 95 | 1:22,121 | 2,942 |
| Russia | 62 | 1:2,324,565 | 137,882 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Geleva (55) may also be a first name.
Geleva Demographics
Geleva Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Geleva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geleva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Geleva (Russian: Гелева) is more commonly found in Bulgaria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Geleva.
How Common Is The Last Name Geleva? popularity and diffusion
The surname Geleva is the 503,100th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 11,160,101 people. Geleva occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Geleva reside; 87 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 86 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. Geleva is also the 1,336,256th most prevalent forename world-wide, held by 55 people.
The last name Geleva is most frequent in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 466 people, or 1 in 14,976. In Bulgaria Geleva is most prevalent in: Sofia City Province, where 57 percent reside, Sofia Province, where 16 percent reside and Pernik Province, where 7 percent reside. Beside Bulgaria Geleva exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in North Macedonia, where 15 percent reside and Russia, where 9 percent reside.
Geleva Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
Phonetically Similar Names
Geleva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Geleva in the Russian language | ||
| Гелева | geleva | - |
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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 Geleva
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