Puhaleva Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Puhaleva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 56 | 1:124,623 | 7,284 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Puhaleva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puhaleva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Puhaleva is found in Bulgaria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Puhaleva? popularity and diffusion
The surname Puhaleva is the 2,555,468th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname Puhaleva occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Puhaleva are found; 98 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
It is most commonly used in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 124,623. In Bulgaria it is mostly found in: Pazardzhik Province, where 71 percent live, Sofia City Province, where 18 percent live and Plovdiv Province, where 9 percent live. Not including Bulgaria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live.
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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 Puhaleva
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