Sholyov Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Sholyov Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 142 | 1:49,147 | 3,396 |
| Russia | 30 | 1:4,804,102 | 217,805 |
Sholyov Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sholyov Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sholyov (Russian: Шолёв) is held by more people in Bulgaria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sholyov? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,310,135th most widespread surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sholyov are found; 83 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 83 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
Sholyov is most commonly occurring in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 49,147. In Bulgaria Sholyov is most frequent in: Blagoevgrad Province, where 96 percent reside, Sofia City Province, where 2 percent reside and Targovishte Province, where 1 percent reside. Besides Bulgaria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Russia, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sholyov Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sholyov in the Russian language | ||
| Шолёв | 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
- 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 Sholyov
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