Gorcheva Surname
Approximately 584 people bear this surname
Gorcheva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 466 | 1:14,976 | 1,500 |
| Russia | 92 | 1:1,566,555 | 105,717 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
Gorcheva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorcheva Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gorcheva (Russian: Горчева) is held by more people in Bulgaria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorcheva? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 547,713th most frequently used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 12,478,675 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Gorcheva live; 80 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 80 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
This surname is most frequent in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 466 people, or 1 in 14,976. In Bulgaria it is most numerous in: Sofia City Province, where 21 percent reside, Pazardzhik Province, where 11 percent reside and Plovdiv Province, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Bulgaria this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 16 percent reside and Spain, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gorcheva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gorcheva in the Russian language | ||
| Горчева | gorceva | - |
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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 Gorcheva
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