Zheleva Surname
Approximately 8,024 people bear this surname
Zheleva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 7,328 | 1:952 | 115 |
| Ukraine | 290 | 1:156,975 | 21,753 |
| Russia | 187 | 1:770,712 | 63,938 |
| Moldova | 55 | 1:64,752 | 8,848 |
| Greece | 41 | 1:270,239 | 40,426 |
| United States | 32 | 1:11,326,842 | 445,236 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Belarus | 12 | 1:791,755 | 62,255 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Transnistria | 6 | 1:79,116 | 10,859 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
Zheleva Demographics
Average Zheleva Salary in
United States
$39,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Zheleva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zheleva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zheleva (Russian: Желева) is found in Bulgaria more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zheleva? popularity and diffusion
It is the 62,560th most frequent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 908,219 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Zheleva reside; 92 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 91 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
Zheleva is most frequently used in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 7,328 people, or 1 in 952. In Bulgaria Zheleva is primarily found in: Stara Zagora Province, where 19 percent are found, Burgas Province, where 17 percent are found and Varna Province, where 13 percent are found. Other than Bulgaria this surname occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 4 percent are found and Russia, where 2 percent are found.
Zheleva Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (93%) in Ukraine.
The amount Zheleva earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 9.04% less than the national average, earning $39,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.38% less than the national average, earning $35,585 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zheleva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zheleva in the Russian language | ||
| Желева | zeleva | - |
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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 Zheleva
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