Somlev Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Somlev Surname User-submission:

The family appeared at the end of the 14th century, and its original form Somlya glava (Сомля глава) was given as the nickname of the boyar of Tsar Ivan Sratsimir, whose name is unknown.

Somlev Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria521:134,2107,815
Ukraine61:7,587,116277,111
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Somlev Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The family appeared at the end of the 14th century, and its original form Somlya glava (Сомля глава) was given as the nickname of the boyar of Tsar Ivan Sratsimir, whose name is unknown.

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Somlev Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Somlev Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Somlev (Russian: Сомлев) is more commonly found in Bulgaria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Somlev? popularity and diffusion

The surname Somlev is the 2,436,415th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Somlev live; 84 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 84 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 134,210. In Bulgaria it is most prevalent in: Sofia City Province, where 37 percent live, Gabrovo Province, where 25 percent live and Lovech Province, where 21 percent live. Beside Bulgaria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 10 percent live and Germany, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Somleva9274/
Somoylev865/
Somoilev861/
Semlev8320/
Comlev8310/
Samliev7755/
Shumlev7711/
Samylev7710/
Samleev777/
Shamlev775/
Somlova771/
Somlepp771/
Shemlev771/
Sonlleva7155/
Shamliev7133/
Samoylev7116/
Shamylev7111/
Shamleva718/
Shumleva716/
Schemlev712/
Shemliev711/
Samaylev711/
Samojlev711/
Samoilev711/
Samuylev711/
Zemlev6714/
Semlov6712/
Samliv671/
Samelv671/
Sanlev671/
Samlov671/
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Somlev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Somlev in the Russian language
Сомлевsomlev-

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