Velisha Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Velisha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 63 | 1:110,776 | 6,564 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Velisha (197) may also be a first name.
Velisha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Velisha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Velisha is held by more people in Bulgaria than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Velisha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,907,068th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name Velisha occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Velisha are found; 66 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 66 percent are found in South Slavic Europe. Velisha is also the 646,152nd most widely held forename world-wide, held by 197 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 110,776. In Bulgaria it is most numerous in: Blagoevgrad Province, where 100 percent live. Barring Bulgaria it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 26 percent live and Russia, where 4 percent live.
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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 Velisha
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