Kolesheva Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Kolesheva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 56 | 1:124,623 | 7,284 |
| Russia | 30 | 1:4,804,102 | 217,805 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Kolesheva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolesheva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kolesheva (Russian: Колешева) is borne by more people in Bulgaria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolesheva? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,967,751st most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Kolesheva live; 63 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 62 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most common in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 124,623. In Bulgaria Kolesheva is mostly concentrated in: Haskovo Province, where 57 percent reside, Plovdiv Province, where 32 percent reside and Sofia City Province, where 7 percent reside. Not including Bulgaria it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 33 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolesheva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolesheva in the Russian language | ||
| Колешева | koleseva | - |
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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 Kolesheva
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