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 held by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Gîlceava or Gîlceavă. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilceava? popularity and diffusion
Gilceava is the 1,338,236th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. The surname Gilceava occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Gilceava reside; 78 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 78 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in Romania, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 153,266. In Romania it is primarily found in: Bucharest Municipality, where 41 percent are found, Gorj County, where 34 percent are found and Dolj County, where 21 percent are found. Outside of Romania it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 20 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.
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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