Kekov Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Kekov Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 62 | 1:112,563 | 6,665 |
| Russia | 30 | 1:4,804,102 | 217,805 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Kekov Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kekov Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kekov (Russian: Кеков) is carried by more people in Bulgaria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kekov? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kekov is the 1,907,068th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The surname Kekov occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Kekov are found; 65 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 65 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
It is most prevalent in Bulgaria, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 112,563. In Bulgaria Kekov is mostly concentrated in: Pazardzhik Province, where 65 percent reside, Sofia City Province, where 16 percent reside and Blagoevgrad Province, where 10 percent reside. Other than Bulgaria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 32 percent reside and Ukraine, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kekov Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kekov in the Russian language | ||
| Кеков | kekov | - |
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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 Kekov
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