Peleva Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Peleva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 214 | 1:32,612 | 2,538 |
| North Macedonia | 31 | 1:67,789 | 6,732 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Peleva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peleva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Peleva (Russian: Пелева) occurs more in Bulgaria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Peleva? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 937,786th most common last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. The last name Peleva is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Peleva are found; 88 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 88 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 32,612. In Bulgaria Peleva is most frequent in: Pazardzhik Province, where 46 percent are found, Pleven Province, where 15 percent are found and Plovdiv Province, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Bulgaria it occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in North Macedonia, where 11 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Peleva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Peleva in the Russian language | ||
| Пелева | peleva | - |
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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 Peleva
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