Mecheva Surname
Approximately 681 people bear this surname
Mecheva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 490 | 1:14,243 | 1,447 |
| Russia | 117 | 1:1,231,821 | 89,522 |
| Ukraine | 63 | 1:722,582 | 75,033 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Mecheva Demographics
Mecheva Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Mecheva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mecheva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mecheva (Russian: Мечева) is found in Bulgaria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mecheva? popularity and diffusion
It is the 487,389th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 10,701,242 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Mecheva live; 72 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 72 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
This surname is most frequent in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 490 people, or 1 in 14,243. In Bulgaria Mecheva is mostly found in: Pazardzhik Province, where 22 percent reside, Stara Zagora Province, where 17 percent reside and Sofia City Province, where 16 percent reside. Outside of Bulgaria it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 17 percent reside and Ukraine, where 9 percent reside.
Mecheva Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Orthodox (60%) in Russia.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mecheva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mecheva in the Russian language | ||
| Мечева | meceva | - |
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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 Mecheva
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