Velkova Surname
Approximately 8,171 people bear this surname
Velkova Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 4,691 | 1:1,488 | 225 |
| North Macedonia | 2,754 | 1:763 | 108 |
| Ukraine | 238 | 1:191,272 | 26,004 |
| Russia | 192 | 1:750,641 | 62,731 |
| Greece | 44 | 1:251,813 | 38,343 |
| Belarus | 40 | 1:237,526 | 28,656 |
| Slovenia | 35 | 1:71,076 | 9,906 |
| United States | 33 | 1:10,983,604 | 436,696 |
| Czechia | 16 | 1:664,592 | 62,292 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
The alternate forms: Velková (459) are calculated separately.
Velkova (95) may also be a first name.
Velkova Demographics
Velkova Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Velkova Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Velkova Come From? nationality or country of origin
Velkova (Russian: Велкова) occurs more in Bulgaria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Velková. Click here for further possible spellings of Velkova.
How Common Is The Last Name Velkova? popularity and diffusion
It is the 61,537th most widespread last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 891,879 people. The surname Velkova occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Velkova reside; 92 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 91 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. Velkova is also the 974,243rd most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 95 people.
This surname is most widely held in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 4,691 people, or 1 in 1,488. In Bulgaria it is mostly concentrated in: Sofia City Province, where 27 percent live, Vidin Province, where 9 percent live and Plovdiv Province, where 8 percent live. Not including Bulgaria this last name exists in 41 countries. It is also common in North Macedonia, where 34 percent live and Ukraine, where 3 percent live.
Velkova Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Velkova surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (90%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Velkova last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.
The amount Velkova earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 12.37% less than the national average, earning $37,812 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.7% less than the national average, earning $42,382 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Velkova Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Velkova in the Russian language | ||
| Велкова | velkova | - |
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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 Velkova
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