Giev Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Giev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Giev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria711:98,2945,957
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
North Macedonia41:525,36820,918
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Giev (30) may also be a first name.

Giev Last Name Facts

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

The surname Giev (Russian: Гиев) is more frequently found in Bulgaria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Giev? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,007,164th most widespread last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Giev live; 86 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 86 percent live in South Slavic Europe. Giev is also the 1,911,214th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 30 people.

Giev is most frequent in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 98,294. In Bulgaria it is primarily concentrated in: Plovdiv Province, where 77 percent are found, Stara Zagora Province, where 6 percent are found and Sofia City Province, where 4 percent are found. Other than Bulgaria Giev occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 10 percent are found and North Macedonia, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Geiev8913/
Gev8690/
Giv8634/
Gaev752,833/
Goev75499/
Siev75245/
Guev75160/
Ngiv75155/
Ziev75106/
Geev7597/
Givh7560/
Givs7532/
Ngev7528/
Gife7518/
Guiv7515/
Gaiv7510/
Givt754/
Geyv753/
Givd752/
Ghev752/
Giew752/
Gief752/
Getv752/
Zgiv752/
Gevh751/
Kgev751/
Hgev751/
Gisv751/
Givp751/
Givf751/
Jgiv751/
Jgev751/
Tgiv751/
Gevd751/
Goiv751/
Ggiv751/
Dgev751/
Xgiv751/
Qgev751/
Qgiv751/
Sgiv751/
Ghiv750/
Rziev67660/
Giffe6769/
Guife6728/
Ngoiv6715/
Giphe675/
Gaife675/
Giszv674/
Giefe673/
Zgeev673/
Ghoiv673/
Guevs672/
Zhiev671/
Dgife671/
Zieyv671/
Zievs671/
Givsø671/
Goife671/
Gevsh671/
Dgiew671/
Shgev671/
Cgivd671/
Gejvs671/
Jgejv671/
Giuyv671/
Gieff671/
Gaivt671/
Gueev671/
Gueav671/
Dziev671/

Giev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Giev in the Russian language
Гиевgiev-

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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 Giev
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