Nichev Surname
Approximately 328 people bear this surname
Nichev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 321 | 1:21,741 | 1,892 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nichev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nichev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nichev (Russian: Ничев) is carried by more people in Bulgaria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nichev? popularity and diffusion
Nichev is the 839,220th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 22,218,128 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Nichev live; 98 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 95 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Nichev is most frequently held in Bulgaria, where it is held by 321 people, or 1 in 21,741. In Bulgaria it is primarily found in: Sofia City Province, where 26 percent are found, Stara Zagora Province, where 7 percent are found and Plovdiv Province, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Bulgaria Nichev occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 1 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nichev Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nichev in the Russian language | ||
| Ничев | nicev | - |
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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 Nichev
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