Georgiev Surname

4,882nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115,617 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Georgiev Surname User-submission:

The family name Georgiev(a) comes from the name Georgi (the Bulgarian and Russian version of George), which translates from Greek as 'a person who cultivates land'. The name Georgi is one of the most popular masculine namers in Bulgaria, due to which the family name Georgiev is also one of the most common.

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Georgiev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria103,2141:684
Spain2,5381:18,4212,049
Russia2,3081:62,4458,099
Greece1,6191:6,844793
North Macedonia1,3041:1,612289
United States8931:405,88935,401
England5091:109,46611,344
Germany4431:181,72821,226
Canada2431:151,62815,427
Austria2311:36,8635,966
Serbia2221:32,1843,414
France2081:319,34048,512
Czechia1581:67,30011,292
Slovenia1581:15,7453,696
Moldova1091:32,6735,181
Cyprus1051:8,427967
Kazakhstan1031:171,67516,669
Israel971:88,22310,433
Sweden951:103,6507,490
Denmark881:64,1446,446
Georgia841:44,5905,896
Australia701:385,65331,598
South Africa691:785,18453,751
Netherlands571:296,26635,624
Italy571:1,072,92471,656
Belarus541:175,94623,201
Dominican Republic541:193,2027,170
Switzerland451:182,50916,410
Belgium441:261,28731,734
Croatia311:136,40719,258
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Norway271:190,45522,163
Latvia251:82,00212,055
New Zealand241:188,68019,801
Estonia231:57,47010,794
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
Kyrgyzstan201:298,63326,437
Scotland191:281,78013,396
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Malta181:23,9041,289
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
Slovakia161:333,52846,365
Hungary121:818,02342,199
Transnistria111:43,1546,501
Finland111:499,70030,478
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Northern Cyprus61:53,1688,711
Wales51:618,90625,852
Abkhazia51:48,5732,868
Azerbaijan51:1,929,82423,635
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Lithuania41:758,64725,175
Armenia41:732,54511,666
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Montenegro41:159,8915,521
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
China31:455,773,85521,925
Jersey31:33,0674,675
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

Georgiev (396) may also be a first name.

Georgiev Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The family name Georgiev(a) comes from the name Georgi (the Bulgarian and Russian version of George), which translates from Greek as 'a person who cultivates land'. The name Georgi is one of the most popular masculine namers in Bulgaria, due to which the family name Georgiev is also one of the most common. It means 'of Georgi' and designates that the person who has this surname belongs to the family of Georgi. Georgieva is the feminine version.

- iv.simona

Americanized spelling of the Bulgarian or Ukrainian name Georgiev, based on the shortened name Georgi.

Georgi is from the Greek (Georgos) which translates to 'farmer'.

- realmcred16

The Georgiev surname means 'son of Georgi' in Russian and Bulgarian. Georgi is an equivalent of the name George.

- v.starokov

Georgiev Last Name Facts

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

The last name Georgiev (Georgian: გეორგიევი, Russian: Георгиев) is held by more people in Bulgaria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Georgiev? popularity and diffusion

The last name Georgiev is the 4,882nd most numerous surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 63,032 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Georgiev are found; 92 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 90 percent are found in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 434,130th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 396 people.

This last name is most widely held in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 103,214 people, or 1 in 68. In Bulgaria it is mostly concentrated in: Sofia City Province, where 19 percent are found, Varna Province, where 8 percent are found and Plovdiv Province, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Bulgaria this surname is found in 85 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 2 percent are found and Russia, where 2 percent are found.

Georgiev Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Georgiev last name is primarily Orthodox (84%) in Russia and Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Georgiev last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered with the party.

The amount Georgiev earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 14.2% less than the national average, earning 296,933 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 100.02% more than the national average, earning R 475,332 per year; in United States they earn 10.17% more than the national average, earning $47,538 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.99% more than the national average, earning $52,160 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Georgiev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Georgiev in the Georgian language
გეორგიევიgeorgievi93.75
გეორგიევgeorgiev6.25
Georgiev in the Russian language
Георгиевgeorgiev-

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