Genkov Surname
Approximately 800 people bear this surname
Genkov Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 764 | 1:9,135 | 1,054 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Genkov (16) may also be a first name.
Genkov Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Genkov Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Genkov (Russian: Генков) is found most in Bulgaria. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Genkov? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 430,675th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 9,109,432 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Genkov live; 96 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent live in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread first name in the world, held by 16 people.
The last name Genkov is most common in Bulgaria, where it is held by 764 people, or 1 in 9,135. In Bulgaria Genkov is most frequent in: Sofia City Province, where 21 percent reside, Plovdiv Province, where 18 percent reside and Pleven Province, where 10 percent reside. Not including Bulgaria it occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 2 percent reside and Czechia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Genkov Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Genkov in the Russian language | ||
| Генков | genkov | - |
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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 Genkov
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