Angelov
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 18 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
/ˈaŋɡɛɫof/(recorded in a dictionary) Bulgarian · from Wiktionary · read from ангелов
Angelov is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bulgaria than in any other country, where it is the 14th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Bulgarian Ангелов (Angelov).
- SISlovenia1 in 25K(measured from records)
- NONorway1 in 43K
- FIFinland1 in 50K
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 Angelov 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 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 158 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 21K (inferred from the name graph)
39,102 named Ангелов, 2022
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Serbia, 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 Ангелов in RU Russia, MK North Macedonia, UA Ukraine.
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
(measured from records)Borrowed from Bulgarian Ангелов (Angelov).
Cited for this meaning 1
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Angelov 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 | #14 | 39,102as Ангелов | 1 in 178 | 44K | Angelov | 158 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 62K | — | Angelov | 93 |
| RU Russia | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 113K | — | Ангелов | 36 |
| ES Spain | — | 837 | 1 in 60K | 837 | Angelov | 46 |
| UA Ukraine | — | ≈450 est. | ≈1 in 99K | — | Ангелов | 6 |
| RS Serbia | — | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Angelov | 14 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 246 | 1 in 34K | 246 | Angelov | 15 |
| MK North Macedonia | #101 | 128as Ангелов | 1 in 17K | 128 | Ангелов | 18 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 84 | 1 in 25K | 84 | — | 2 |
39,102 people counted by NSI — most common surnames (annual press release), 2022, counting the spelling ангелов. 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: NSI — most common surnames (annual press release); NSI — most common surnames; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); State Statistical Office — living population names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Stephan Angeloffb. 1876BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian microbiologist (1876–1964)
- Todor Angelovb. 1900BGBelgian resistance member (1900–1943)
- Dimiter Angelovb. 1904BGBulgarian author
- Anyu Angelovb. 1942BGpolitician
- Stefan Angelovb. 1947BGBulgarian wrestler (1947-2019)
- Lyudmil Angelovb. 1961BGBulgarian pianist
- Stanislav Angelovb. 1978BGBulgarian footballer
- Emil Angelovb. 1980BGBulgarian footballer
- Ivo Angelovb. 1984BGOlympic wrestler
- Pavel Angelovb. 1991BGBulgarian luger
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)32 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BG Bulgaria | NSI — most common surnames | 2018 | 44K | #10 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 837 | #5,185 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 837 | #5,181 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 246 | #5,244 |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 84 | #5,104 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Angelov mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Bulgarian Ангелов (Angelov). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Angelov?
- In Bulgarian /ˈaŋɡɛɫof/ (Wiktionary).
- In which country does Angelov have the most bearers?
- In Bulgaria, the national register counted about 39 thousand people named Ангелов, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Angelov?
- In Spain, the national register counted 837 people named Angelov, about 1 in 60 thousand residents.
- How common is Angelov compared with other names?
- In Bulgaria, Angelov is the 14th most common surname of 67,606 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/angelovThe 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, “Angelov” — the 14th most common surname in Bulgaria. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.