Kostiev Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Kostiev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 15 | 1:465,260 | 20,978 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
Kostiev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kostiev Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kostiev (Russian: Костиев) is more commonly found in Bulgaria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kostiev? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kostiev is the 4,532,898th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Kostiev is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Kostiev are found; 79 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 79 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
This surname is most numerous in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 465,260. In Bulgaria Kostiev is mostly found in: Plovdiv Province, where 60 percent are found, Burgas Province, where 33 percent are found and Sofia City Province, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Bulgaria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 11 percent are found and Ukraine, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kostiev Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kostiev in the Russian language | ||
| Костиев | kostiev | - |
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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 Kostiev
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