Stankev Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Stankev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 156 | 1:44,737 | 3,194 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Stankev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Stankev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Stankev is more commonly found in Bulgaria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Stankev? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,380,086th most frequent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname Stankev is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Stankev live; 98 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most widespread in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 156 people, or 1 in 44,737. In Bulgaria it is most prevalent in: Kyustendil Province, where 53 percent live, Sofia City Province, where 23 percent live and Blagoevgrad Province, where 9 percent live. Besides Bulgaria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stankeva | 93 | 157 | / |
| Stankeev | 93 | 145 | / |
| Stankevs | 93 | 1 | / |
| Stankevch | 88 | 1 | / |
| Stankov | 86 | 9,931 | / |
| Stancev | 86 | 112 | / |
| Stankyv | 86 | 3 | / |
| Stankiv | 86 | 3 | / |
| Stankevová | 82 | 3 | / |
| Stanchev | 80 | 8,064 | / |
| Shtankov | 80 | 174 | / |
| Stancov | 71 | 245 | / |
| Stanciv | 71 | 3 | / |
| Stonkov | 71 | 1 | / |
| Stoinkov | 67 | 18 | / |
| Stoynkov | 67 | 5 | / |
| Stanchew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sthangkhiew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Stancheff | 63 | 84 | / |
| Stancheif | 63 | 1 | / |
| Steinkepf | 63 | 1 | / |
| Stanciw | 57 | 1 | / |
| Stanciff | 53 | 0 | / |
| Stoncheff | 50 | 4 | / |
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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 Stankev
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