Yelchev Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Yelchev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Yelchev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yelchev Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yelchev occurs more in Ukraine more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelchev? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Yelchev occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Yelchev reside; 75 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 75 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
The surname is most frequent in Ukraine, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 15,174,232. In Ukraine Yelchev is mostly found in: Lviv Oblast, where 33 percent live. Other than Ukraine this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Israel, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeltchev | 93 | 4 | / |
| Yelcheva | 93 | 2 | / |
| Elchev | 92 | 314 | / |
| Elcheva | 86 | 386 | / |
| Elcheev | 86 | 14 | / |
| Aylchiev | 80 | 7 | / |
| Yeleshev | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ielchiev | 80 | 3 | / |
| Elceva | 77 | 9 | / |
| Elciev | 77 | 3 | / |
| Elchyv | 77 | 1 | / |
| Elchef | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ayylchiev | 75 | 1,268 | / |
| Ayilchiev | 75 | 52 | / |
| Elehechev | 75 | 4 | / |
| Ayulchiev | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yelesheva | 75 | 1 | / |
| Eleshev | 71 | 195 | / |
| Yelesev | 71 | 5 | / |
| Elehecheva | 71 | 3 | / |
| Yelgiev | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elsheva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eltshev | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elesheva | 67 | 285 | / |
| Ailchiev | 67 | 142 | / |
| Elsev | 67 | 9 | / |
| Geleshev | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yeşilsev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elkev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yesilsev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ailcheva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eldsheva | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Yelchev
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