Kelev Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Kelev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 11 | 1:634,446 | 25,919 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kelev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kelev (Russian: Келев) is found most frequently in Bulgaria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kelev.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelev? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Kelev reside; 79 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 79 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
This last name is most widely held in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 634,446. In Bulgaria it is primarily concentrated in: Veliko Tarnovo Province, where 55 percent reside, Gabrovo Province, where 18 percent reside and Pazardzhik Province, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Bulgaria Kelev exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 7 percent reside and Israel, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kelev Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kelev in the Russian language | ||
| Келев | kelev | - |
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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 Kelev
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