Gilceava Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Gilceava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 131 | 1:153,266 | 16,169 |
| Greece | 34 | 1:325,876 | 46,418 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gîlceava (5) & Gîlceavă (31) are calculated separately.
Gilceava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gilceava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gilceava is carried by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Gîlceava or Gîlceavă. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilceava? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,338,236th most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Gilceava live; 78 percent live in Eastern Europe and 78 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The last name Gilceava is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 153,266. In Romania Gilceava is mostly found in: Bucharest Municipality, where 41 percent reside, Gorj County, where 34 percent reside and Dolj County, where 21 percent reside. Aside from Romania it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 20 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gîlceava | 96 | 5 | / |
| Gîlceavă | 92 | 31 | / |
| Ilceva | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ilcheva | 80 | 2,199 | / |
| Hilcheva | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ailekava | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ailcheva | 75 | 1 | / |
| Elceva | 71 | 9 | / |
| Iljeva | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ilseva | 71 | 3 | / |
| Zilcayova | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gilkhaeva | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chilcheva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ilsava | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ilkaeva | 67 | 995 | / |
| Elcheva | 67 | 386 | / |
| Ylcheva | 67 | 24 | / |
| Ilkeeva | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ilkueva | 67 | 15 | / |
| Gildzhieva | 67 | 15 | / |
| Gelčeva | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ilsheva | 67 | 9 | / |
| Glezeva | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gilesabhai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zhilchieva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Illçeva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elgieva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ilzheva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ilsaeva | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Gilceava
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