Shoshev Surname
Approximately 213 people bear this surname
Shoshev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 93 | 1:75,042 | 4,763 |
| Russia | 67 | 1:2,151,090 | 130,958 |
| Moldova | 37 | 1:96,253 | 11,707 |
| Ukraine | 14 | 1:3,251,621 | 182,804 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
Shoshev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shoshev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shoshev (Russian: Шошев) occurs more in Bulgaria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Shoshev click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shoshev? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,133,308th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 34,213,831 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Shoshev are found; 46 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 44 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in Bulgaria, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 75,042. In Bulgaria Shoshev is primarily concentrated in: Sofia City Province, where 37 percent are found, Pazardzhik Province, where 16 percent are found and Smolyan Province, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Bulgaria it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 31 percent are found and Moldova, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shoshev Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shoshev in the Russian language | ||
| Шошев | sosev | - |
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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 Shoshev
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