Kechev Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Kechev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 134 | 1:52,081 | 3,535 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Kechev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kechev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kechev (Georgian: კეჩევი, Russian: Кечев) occurs more in Bulgaria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kechev? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kechev is the 1,380,086th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Kechev live; 84 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 84 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Bulgaria, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 52,081. In Bulgaria it is mostly concentrated in: Smolyan Province, where 28 percent are found, Sofia City Province, where 24 percent are found and Pazardzhik Province, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Bulgaria Kechev is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 11 percent are found and Ukraine, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kechev Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kechev in the Georgian language | ||
| კეჩევი | kechevi | - |
| Kechev in the Russian language | ||
| Кечев | kecev | - |
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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 Kechev
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