Zhilev Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Zhilev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 79 | 1:88,341 | 5,429 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zhilev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zhilev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zhilev (Russian: Жилев) is borne by more people in Bulgaria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zhilev? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,871,545th most frequently held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Zhilev live; 81 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 81 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The last name is most prevalent in Bulgaria, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 88,341. In Bulgaria it is mostly concentrated in: Pazardzhik Province, where 54 percent reside, Sofia City Province, where 16 percent reside and Blagoevgrad Province, where 14 percent reside. Other than Bulgaria it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 11 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zhilev Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zhilev in the Russian language | ||
| Жилев | zilev | - |
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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 Zhilev
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