Gerchev Surname
Approximately 513 people bear this surname
Gerchev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 509 | 1:13,711 | 1,414 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gerchev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerchev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gerchev (Russian: Герчев) is carried by more people in Bulgaria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerchev? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gerchev is the 604,614th most frequently held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 14,205,743 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gerchev are found; 99 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
Gerchev is most commonly used in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 509 people, or 1 in 13,711. In Bulgaria it is primarily concentrated in: Plovdiv Province, where 19 percent are found, Sofia City Province, where 16 percent are found and Shumen Province, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Bulgaria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 0 percent are found and Cyprus, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gerchev Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gerchev in the Russian language | ||
| Герчев | gercev | - |
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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 Gerchev
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