Mechev Surname
Approximately 732 people bear this surname
Mechev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 542 | 1:12,876 | 1,362 |
| Russia | 118 | 1:1,221,382 | 88,976 |
| Ukraine | 57 | 1:798,644 | 80,335 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Mechev Demographics
Mechev Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Mechev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mechev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mechev (Russian: Мечев) occurs more in Bulgaria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mechev? popularity and diffusion
Mechev is the 461,133rd most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 9,955,664 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Mechev are found; 74 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 74 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The last name is most widely held in Bulgaria, where it is held by 542 people, or 1 in 12,876. In Bulgaria it is primarily found in: Pazardzhik Province, where 21 percent live, Sofia City Province, where 17 percent live and Stara Zagora Province, where 15 percent live. Excluding Bulgaria this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 16 percent live and Ukraine, where 8 percent live.
Mechev Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mechev Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mechev in the Russian language | ||
| Мечев | mecev | - |
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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 Mechev
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