Ciav Surname

207,335th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,997 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cambodia
Highest density in:
Cambodia

Ciav Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ciav Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cambodia1,9961:7,759856
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ciav (455) may also be a first name.

Ciav Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ciav occurs more in Cambodia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ciav? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ciav is the 207,335th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,649,247 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ciav live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 100 percent live in Khmer-Asia. It is also the 400,634th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 455 people.

The surname Ciav is most widespread in Cambodia, where it is held by 1,996 people, or 1 in 7,759. In Cambodia it is mostly concentrated in: Kandal Province, where 15 percent reside, Phnom Penh, where 11 percent reside and Battambang Province, where 9 percent reside. Besides Cambodia it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ciahv891/
Cav864,739/
Ciab755,721/
Chav754,284/
Ciap7560/
Caiv756/
Ciaf755/
Ciaw754/
Csav753/
Cauv752/
Ciov751/
Cavf751/
Tcav751/
Caav751/
Cheav67143/
Chauv67133/
Sceav6717/
Chhav6714/
Chaiv6711/
Cheiv6710/
Chaav677/
Ciaff676/
Csiab673/
Ciapp673/
Chavh672/
Ciatb671/

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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 Ciav
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