Cavé Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Cavé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cavé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France841:790,74795,785
Switzerland201:410,64630,429
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Belgium161:718,54060,840
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432

The alternate forms: Cave (27,843), Cavè (1) & Çave (7) are calculated separately.

Cavé Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cavé Come From? nationality or country of origin

Cavé occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Cave, Cavè or Çave. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cavé? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cavé is the 1,300,225th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Cavé live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 790,747. In France Cavé is mostly concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 50 percent are found, Normandy, where 14 percent are found and Grand Est, where 12 percent are found. Outside of France Cavé exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 11 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cave9227,843/
Cavè921/
Cauvé897/
Cavée891/
Çave837/
Chavée80103/
Chauvé8012/
Cava7513,459/
Cavi75286/
Cavy7595/
Cabé7522/
Cové7521/
Javé752/
Chave673,953/
Caves673,088/
Cavey672,822/
Caver672,563/
Chavi672,172/
Cauve67996/
Chavy67881/
Sauvé67700/
Cavet67653/
Cavit67328/
Cauvy67312/
Cavis67231/
Cavie67184/
Cauvi67176/
Cavaj67160/
Ciava67135/
Cavez67124/
Caviş6787/
Cavoy6778/
Cavid6764/
Scavi6740/
Cavha6738/
Caive6738/
Campé6726/
Couvé6726/
Cavai6720/
Ciavi6718/
Caviz6718/
Cavay6716/
Chové6716/
Cavys6716/
Caiva6715/
Cavio6713/
Cahve6710/
Kaavé677/
Javér677/
Ceave676/
Cavaa676/
Cabée674/
Caivi674/
Scave674/
Cauva674/
Casve673/
Catvi673/
Tcava673/
Ciave673/
Cavoj673/
Kcave673/
Csavi672/
Casvi672/
Cavoi672/
Ceava672/
Cavee672/
Gcava671/
Cahvi671/
Ccave671/
Cavea671/
Caveh671/
Cavyy671/
Cavih671/
Caibé671/
Caava671/
Savéa671/
Caivy671/
Tcave671/
Caved671/
Casvy670/
Ceavy670/

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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 Cavé
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