Papev Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Papev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria121:581,57524,486
Russia21:72,061,528727,117

Papev Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Papev Come From? nationality or country of origin

Papev (Russian: Папьев) is found in Bulgaria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Papev? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,213,395th most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. Papev occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Papev reside; 86 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 86 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 581,575. In Bulgaria it is most numerous in: Blagoevgrad Province, where 92 percent are found and Pazardzhik Province, where 8 percent are found. Beside Bulgaria it exists in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Papaev91469/
Papiev9172/
Papeva9114/
Papeev9112/
Paypaev834/
Paspeev831/
Papov801,592/
Popev8025/
Papep8020/
Papav804/
Pepev802/
Papyv801/
Popeva7325/
Popaev7322/
Popeev7322/
Popoev7313/
Padpew731/
Paipew731/
Papaew731/
Papiov731/
Papepe731/
Paupav731/
Popiev731/
Pospeev67111/
Padpeaw671/

Papev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Papev in the Russian language
Папьевpapev-

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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 Papev
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