Raichev

surname · Latin script

Raichev is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bulgaria than in any other country.

  • PLPoland1 in 3.5M(measured from records)
  • BGBulgaria≈1 in 4.8Kas Raychev
  • UAUkraine≈1 in 210Kfew recordsas Райчев

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Raichev itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Bulgaria (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,300 named Raychev, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Record sources
72 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.2M (inferred from the name graph)

New Zealand, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)
RaychevLatin(measured from records)
РайчевCyrillic(measured from records)

Locally spelled Raychev in BG Bulgaria, DE Germany, ES Spain and 1 more and Райчев in RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Raichev counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Raichev is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BG Bulgaria#231≈1,300 est.≈1 in 4.8K—Raychev72
UA Ukraine—≈180 est.≈1 in 212K—Raichev4
RU Russia—≈120 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Райчев19
ES Spain—53as Raychev1 in 944K53Raychev6
DE Germany—≈30 est.≈1 in 2.8M—Raychev21
NL Netherlands—≈15 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Raychev5
PL Poland—111 in 3.5M11—1
CH Switzerland—9as Raychev1 in 934K9—4
NZ New Zealand—≈5 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Raichev3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Raichev is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Raĭchev

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Raĭchev

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Raĭchev

15 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence

(measured from records)

3 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Raichev
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202611—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—11#129,849

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Raichev have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 thousand people named Raychev in Bulgaria, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Raichev?
In Poland, the national register counted 11 people named Raichev in 2026, about 1 in 3.5 million residents.
How common is Raichev compared with other names?
In Bulgaria, Raichev is the 231st most common surname of 67,606 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Raichev” — the 231st most common surname in Bulgaria. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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