Pavlev Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Pavlev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pavlev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria951:73,4624,671
North Macedonia251:84,0597,798
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Pavlev (416) may also be a first name.

Pavlev Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pavlev (Russian: Павлев) is held by more people in Bulgaria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pavlev? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,511,557th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Pavlev reside; 88 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 87 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 421,501st most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 416 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 73,462. In Bulgaria Pavlev is primarily found in: Sliven Province, where 19 percent reside, Veliko Tarnovo Province, where 17 percent reside and Lovech Province, where 15 percent reside. Beside Bulgaria Pavlev occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in North Macedonia, where 18 percent reside and Russia, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pavleva92140/
Pavleev92129/
Pavliev9238/
Pavlyv833,765/
Pavliv83346/
Povlev835/
Pavlevová802/
Pavlova77284,419/
Pavliov7730/
Povleev771/
Pavliova7118/
Pavllova715/
Ppavlova712/
Pauvlova711/
Pavlif672/
Pawlew671/
Povlova6237/
Pablipe621/
Pawleff621/
Pompleev575/
Panpleew571/
Pohyblev571/
Pohybelev5324/
Pawliw50353/
Pawlif501/
Pablip501/
Powlef500/

Pavlev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pavlev in the Russian language
Павлевpavlev-

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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 Pavlev
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