Urshev Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Urshev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Urshev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Urshev Last Name Facts

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

Urshev occurs more in Bulgaria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Urshev? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 45 percent of Urshev live; 36 percent live in South Asia and 36 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most commonly held in Bulgaria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 1,744,726. In Bulgaria it is most prevalent in: Sofia City Province, where 75 percent live and Vidin Province, where 25 percent live. Apart from Bulgaria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 36 percent live and Ireland, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gurshev9232/
Ursheev9221/
Ursheva926/
Urshaev921/
Ursev911/
Gursheva8667/
Ursaev83140/
Urchev8334/
Urshov8310/
Ursoev834/
Irshev834/
Orshev833/
Urseev833/
Gursev833/
Ursiev832/
Hursev831/
Hurchev7712/
Gurzhev773/
Hurzhev771/
Orsheev771/
Gurseva771/
Urzhaev771/
Ursov73298/
Urgev7313/
Urcev733/
Urjev731/
Urzev731/
Ursav731/
Gurzheev7171/
Hurzheev7117/
Horsheev711/
Gurschew711/
Gurzheva711/
Horschev711/
Irsaev6748/
Hürsev6732/
Hursep679/
Urzaev677/
Oursov675/
Irshav674/
Irshov674/
Hursov673/
Hurdzheev672/
Irshiv672/
Urceva672/
Gurzev672/
Gurdzheva671/
Orzhev671/

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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 Urshev
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