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
Mecheva (Russian: Мечева) is borne by more people in Bulgaria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mecheva? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 487,389th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 10,701,242 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Mecheva live; 72 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 72 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The surname Mecheva is most widespread in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 490 people, or 1 in 14,243. In Bulgaria it is mostly concentrated in: Pazardzhik Province, where 22 percent are found, Stara Zagora Province, where 17 percent are found and Sofia City Province, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Bulgaria Mecheva exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 17 percent are found and Ukraine, where 9 percent are found.
Mecheva Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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