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 borne by more people in Bulgaria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorcheva? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 547,713th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 12,478,675 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Gorcheva live; 80 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 80 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 466 people, or 1 in 14,976. In Bulgaria Gorcheva is primarily found in: Sofia City Province, where 21 percent are found, Pazardzhik Province, where 11 percent are found and Plovdiv Province, where 10 percent are found. Beside Bulgaria this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 16 percent are found and Spain, where 1 percent are found.
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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