Sholev Surname
Approximately 284 people bear this surname
Sholev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 144 | 1:48,465 | 3,359 |
| Russia | 118 | 1:1,221,382 | 88,976 |
| Ukraine | 13 | 1:3,501,746 | 189,921 |
| Armenia | 5 | 1:586,036 | 10,281 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
Sholev Demographics
Sholev Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sholev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sholev Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sholev (Russian: Шолев) is carried by more people in Bulgaria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sholev? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 928,396th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. The last name Sholev is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Sholev reside; 51 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 51 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Sholev is most frequently held in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 144 people, or 1 in 48,465. In Bulgaria it is most numerous in: Pazardzhik Province, where 25 percent reside, Sofia City Province, where 22 percent reside and Plovdiv Province, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Bulgaria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 42 percent reside and Ukraine, where 5 percent reside.
Sholev Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sholev Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sholev in the Russian language | ||
| Шолев | solev | - |
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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 Sholev
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