Kalčev
surname · Latin script
Kalčev is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bulgaria than in any other country.
- BGBulgaria≈1 in 4.5Kas Kalchev(inferred from the name graph)
- UAUkraine≈1 in 111Kas Кальчев
- RURussia≈1 in 777Kas Кальчев
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 Kalčev itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Bulgaria (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 79 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 434K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,500 named Kalchev, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Croatia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Kalchev in BG Bulgaria, DE Germany, ES Spain and Кальчев in UA Ukraine, 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 in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kalčev 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BG Bulgaria | #285 | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 4.5K | — | Kalchev | 67 |
| UA Ukraine | — | ≈400 est. | ≈1 in 111K | — | Кальчев | 17 |
| RU Russia | — | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 777K | — | Кальчев | 79 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈64 est. | ≈1 in 1.3M | — | Kalchev | 30 |
| ES Spain | — | 42as Kalchev | 1 in 1.2M | 42 | Kalchev | 6 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 11 | 1 in 973K | 11 | — | 1 |
| HR Croatia | — | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 434K | — | Kalčev | 12 |
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); MVČR — living population register 2017. 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 1 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 11 | #78,413 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Kalčev have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.5 thousand people named Kalchev in Bulgaria, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Kalčev?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 11 people named Kalčev, about 1 in 973 thousand residents.
- How common is Kalčev compared with other names?
- In Bulgaria, Kalčev is the 285th most common surname of 67,606 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Kalčev?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kal%C4%8DevThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Kalčev” — the 285th most common surname in Bulgaria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.