Tsev Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Mongolia

Tsev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tsev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria291:6,108,371148,179
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010

Tsev Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tsev (Russian: Цев) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tsev.

How Common Is The Last Name Tsev? popularity and diffusion

Tsev is the 2,979,664th most numerous last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Tsev reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Tsev is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria Tsev is most frequent in: Benue, where 97 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 23 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tseva89784/
Tseev89225/
Tsoev8987/
Tseav8956/
Tshev8942/
Tsiev894/
Tsaev893/
Tschev804/
Gytsev801/
Tsav753,452/
Tsep7575/
Tsov7521/
Tseb757/
Tsew756/
Tsyv754/
Csev752/
Scev752/
Dsev751/
Tsepova73536/
Tsebova732/
Tsepe67875/
Gysev6788/
Tseeb6787/
Tshov6775/
Tshav6748/
Tsipe6738/
Sceav6717/
Tseib6713/
Tsovh6710/
Tseef679/
Tsaav676/
Tseft675/
Tshep673/
Tsuiv672/
Tsype672/
Tsief672/
Tsefe671/
Dseva671/
Ttsav671/
Tsyov671/
Tssew671/
Tseip671/
Tchev671/
Tseyp671/
Tsiew671/
Tsepp671/
Tsjhv671/
Tzsjv671/

Tsev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tsev in the Russian language
Цевcev-

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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 Tsev
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