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(where , indicates the decimal separator and a space the thousands separator)

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Bulgarian is the official language spoken by 85% of the population. Turkish is spoken by 9% of the population and Romani by 2%. There are also 1 000 Gheg Albanian -speakers; 6 000 Crimean Turkish -speakers; 12 000 Gagauz -speakers and there are some 300 000 Macedonian -speakers on the borders of Macedonia, Serbia and Greece.

   Note: This section last updated 9th January 2019

Bulgarians have two family names, the first a patronymic showing filiality with the father, followed by the inherited family name. Thus the son of Ivan Mitev Radoukov might be:

   Zahari Ivanov Radoukov

The patronymic is not usually used except in official papers.

Women may choose whether or not to take their husband’s name upon marriage. If they do, they are likely to feminise the name. Thus the wife of Petrov would be Petrova; the wife of Dobrovski would be Dobrovska and so on:

A man may also choose to take his wife’s family name.

Bulgarian’s may use a patronymic derived from the grandfather instead of a family name.

Forms of address include:

   Капитан/кап./Kapitan (Captain)
   Доктор/д-р./Doktor (Doctor)
   Доцент/доц./Dotsent (Lecturer)
   Генерал/ген./General (General)
   Митрополит/мит./Mitropolit (Orthodox Bishop)
   Професор/роф./Profesor (Professor)
   Свети/Св./Sveti (Saint)

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

   AD / АД (Aktionierno drushestwo / акционерно дружество) - limited liability company
   ADSITz / АДСИЦ (aktsionerno druzhestvo sus spetsialna investitsionna tsel / акционерно дружество със специална инвестиционна цел) -real estate investment trust
   EAD / ЕАД (ednolichno aktsionerno druzhestvo / еднолично акционерно дружество) - single member limited liability company
   EOOD / ЕООД (ednolichno druzhestvo s ogranichena otgovornost / еднолично дружество с ограничена отговорност) - single member limited company 
   ET / ЕТ (ednolichen turgovetz / едноличен търговец) - sole proprietorship
   KD / КД (Komanditno drushestwo / омандитно дружество) – partnership
   KDA / КДА (Komanditno drushestwo s akzii / командитно дружество с акции) – partnership with shares
   ocD (Drushestwo s orgranitschena otgowornost) – limited liability company, privately held
   OOD / ООД (drujestvo s ogranichena otgovornost / дружество с ограничена отговорност) - limited company
   SD / СД (subiratelno druzhestvo / събирателно дружество) -  general partnership.

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 26th June 2019

Addresses are written in the following format:

   Recipient name
   {Block number, Entrance number, Floor number, Apartment number}
   Thoroughfare[ ]number
   {Suburb/district/housing complex}
   postal code[ ]TOWN NAME

For example:

Some Bulgarians write their addresses with the line order reversed, like this:

   postal code[ ]TOWN NAME
   {Suburb/district/housing complex}
   Thoroughfare[ ]number
   {Block number, Entrance number, Floor number, Apartment number}
   Recipient name

When an envelope is written, rather than typed, Bulgarians may place their postal code on the left of the envelope away from the address block.

No or Nº may be found before the building number in the address.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

Bulgaria - (Sub-)Building & Thoroughfare types

   Note: This section last updated 9th January 2019

   apartament (ap.) (Apartment)
   Блок/бл./blok (Block)
   Булевард/бул./bulevard (Boulevard)
   Квартал/кв./kvartal (District)
   Площад/пл./ploshtad (Square)
   Улица/ул./ulica (Street)
   Вход/vhod/vkhod (Entrance)

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 26th June 2019

Post office box, in Bulgarian, is Poshtenska Kutiya or P.K., Пощенска кутия or П.К. Transliteration variations may alter the spelling of this string in Latin script.

   Note: This section last updated 26th May 2020

Postal codes (пощенски кодове) consist of a block of 4 digits. The first digit indicates the zone, the second the area and the last two the locality. The first digit cannot be 0.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

Bulgaria - Postal code format graphic

Bulgaria - Postal code format

Bulgaria - Postal code specifics

Bulgaria - Postal code regular expression

Bulgaria - Postal code level of coverage

Bulgaria - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 4th August 2015

Refer to Exonyms in Bulgaria for full lists of place names in Bulgaria in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http:www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 26th May 2020

Bulgaria has 28 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast), not used in addresses:

Province	Postal code range*
Blagoevgrad	27-29
Burgas	80-85
Dobrich	93-96
Gabrovo	53-54
Khaskovo	63-65
Kurdzhali	66-69
Kyustendil	25-26
Lovech	55-57
Montana	34-36
Pazardzhik	44-46
Pernik	23-24
Pleven	58-59
Plovdiv	40-43
Razgrad	72-74
Ruse	70-71
Shumen	97-99
Silistra	75-76
Sliven	88-89
Smolyan	47-49
Sofiya	20-22
Sofiya-Grad	10-18
Stara Zagora	60-62
Turgovishte	77-79
Varna	90-92
Veliko Turnovo	50-52
Vidin	37-39
Vratsa	30-33
Yambol	86-87

*Though sources and maps suggest that there is a correlation between postal code zones and provinces, we do not have confirmation that the borders of of both correlate exactly.

Administrative districts graphic

   Note: This section last updated 22nd January 2014

Bulgarian numbers, when called from abroad, have a total length of between 8 and 9 digits. Mobile numbers have the area codes 430, 437-439, 48, 87-89 or 98-99.