Lafchiev Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Lafchiev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 84 | 1:83,082 | 5,148 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Lafchiev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lafchiev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lafchiev is most common in Bulgaria. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Lafchiev.
How Common Is The Last Name Lafchiev? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,020,555th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name Lafchiev is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Lafchiev live; 98 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 93 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The last name is most frequently used in Bulgaria, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 83,082. In Bulgaria it is most frequent in: Plovdiv Province, where 21 percent live, Gabrovo Province, where 19 percent live and Haskovo Province, where 11 percent live. Apart from Bulgaria Lafchiev is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafchieva | 94 | 78 | / |
| Laffchieva | 89 | 2 | / |
| Lavchiev | 88 | 134 | / |
| Lavchieva | 82 | 128 | / |
| Lavchev | 80 | 45 | / |
| Lufchev | 80 | 3 | / |
| Lavchiv | 80 | 1 | / |
| Liaficheva | 78 | 3 | / |
| Laftschiew | 78 | 1 | / |
| Levachev | 75 | 173 | / |
| Hlavchev | 75 | 118 | / |
| Lavcheva | 75 | 55 | / |
| Lovchiev | 75 | 12 | / |
| Lovachev | 75 | 10 | / |
| Lyvachev | 75 | 6 | / |
| Lufcheva | 75 | 5 | / |
| Livachev | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lavichev | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lavochev | 75 | 1 | / |
| Levacheva | 71 | 187 | / |
| Hlavcheva | 71 | 149 | / |
| Lovacheva | 71 | 16 | / |
| Lovchieva | 71 | 10 | / |
| Livacheva | 71 | 6 | / |
| Lyvacheva | 71 | 3 | / |
| Lifacheva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lavecheva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lafhew | 71 | 0 | / |
| Lovchev | 67 | 474 | / |
| Levchev | 67 | 89 | / |
| Lifchif | 67 | 3 | / |
| Levchiv | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hlavacheva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lohvacheva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lovchyev | 63 | 13 | / |
| Lovcheev | 63 | 1 | / |
| Lovdzhiev | 59 | 8 | / |
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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 Lafchiev
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