Georgieva Surname

4,800th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117,744 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Georgieva 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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Georgieva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria106,1251:663
Spain2,5201:18,5522,060
Russia2,3741:60,7097,891
North Macedonia1,8431:1,140193
Greece1,6291:6,802784
United States5501:659,01652,733
England5061:110,11511,388
Germany3021:266,57428,403
France1811:366,97654,730
Moldova1481:24,0634,003
Belgium1251:91,97314,233
Netherlands1211:139,56321,355
Canada1131:326,06729,799
Kazakhstan1071:165,25716,191
Italy981:624,04856,733
Cyprus981:9,0291,037
Sweden651:151,48910,616
Denmark631:89,5998,581
Portugal571:182,7767,697
Georgia551:68,1017,289
Belarus551:172,74722,906
Slovenia531:46,9378,028
Austria431:198,03324,866
Thailand431:1,642,752213,663
Czechia421:253,17834,142
Transnistria351:13,5632,609
Switzerland311:264,93321,684
Malta301:14,342837
Norway241:214,26224,079
Scotland231:232,77511,829
Ireland231:204,7368,142
Finland221:249,85019,707
Hungary191:516,64632,401
Qatar191:124,10514,725
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Latvia181:113,89116,101
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Serbia131:549,61120,712
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Kyrgyzstan71:853,23652,732
Jordan71:1,263,20516,935
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Ecuador61:2,650,97426,148
Croatia61:704,76744,411
China51:273,464,31313,838
Armenia51:586,03610,281
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

The alternate forms: Geórgieva (1) are calculated separately.

Georgieva (145) may also be a first name.

Georgieva 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.

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Georgieva Last Name Facts

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

The surname Georgieva (Georgian: გეორგიევა, Russian: Георгиева) has its highest incidence in Bulgaria. It can also appear as a variant: Geórgieva. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Georgieva? popularity and diffusion

The surname Georgieva is the 4,800th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 61,893 people. The surname Georgieva is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Georgieva live; 93 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 91 percent live in South Slavic Europe. Georgieva is also the 766,399th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 145 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 106,125 people, or 1 in 66. In Bulgaria it is mostly concentrated in: Sofia City Province, where 20 percent are found, Varna Province, where 8 percent are found and Plovdiv Province, where 7 percent are found. Not including Bulgaria Georgieva is found in 75 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 2 percent are found and Russia, where 2 percent are found.

Georgieva Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Georgieva last name is chiefly Orthodox (92%) in Russia, Orthodox (75%) in Belarus and Orthodox (87%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Georgieva surname are 15.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.71% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Georgieva earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 79.94% less than the national average, earning €6,023 per year; in Norway they earn 34.29% less than the national average, earning 227,408 kr per year; in United States they earn 3.44% less than the national average, earning $41,663 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.2% less than the national average, earning $37,165 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Georgieva Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Georgieva in the Georgian language
გეორგიევაgeorgieva-
Georgieva in the Russian language
Георгиеваgeorgieva-

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