Claves Surname

791,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 356 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Claves Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Claves Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1811:559,32762,686
Germany461:1,750,119100,509
Brazil451:4,757,207124,005
United States271:13,424,405494,117
France231:2,887,944200,772
Colombia171:2,810,24014,126
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States671:749,53347,599

Claves (30) may also be a first name.

Claves Last Name Facts

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

The surname Claves is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Claves.

How Common Is The Last Name Claves? popularity and diffusion

It is the 791,719th most widespread family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 20,470,635 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 51 percent of Claves live; 51 percent live in Southeast Asia and 47 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Claves is also the 1,911,214th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 30 people.

It is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 559,327. In The Philippines it is most prevalent in: Western Visayas, where 26 percent are found, Davao Region, where 17 percent are found and Calabarzon, where 8 percent are found. Not including The Philippines Claves exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 13 percent are found and Brazil, where 13 percent are found.

Claves Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Claves has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Claves last name declined 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Claves Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Claves earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 54.43% more than the national average, earning $35,059,000 COP per year and in United States they earn 21.61% less than the national average, earning $33,825 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cleaves923,288/
Sclaves925/
Clauves921/
Clhaves921/
Clave915,740/
Cleavest8614/
Cleaveus861/
Claver8327,995/
Cleave832,404/
Clavet831,975/
Clavey83654/
Cloves83278/
Clavis83269/
Klaves83110/
Clavez8391/
Clabes8359/
Clawes8333/
Clavee8315/
Slaves8314/
Claive834/
Clauve833/
Clayve832/
Clóves832/
Claave830/
Clavesche801/
Cleaver7715,003/
Clawges77278/
Slavets77155/
Claviez7763/
Clauvis7753/
Klavets7715/
Clavais7712/
Sclavis778/
Clavett777/
Cleavey775/
Cellave775/
Cleaved773/
Cleabes772/
Cliavez771/
Clauver771/
Clauvet771/
Cloveus771/
Cleoves770/
Cleavis770/
Klavest770/
Cleavet770/
Clava73555/
Clove73293/
Klave73272/
Clavé73147/
Clavi7335/
Clabe738/
Clavy733/
Clawe731/
Clavè731/
Schlabes7177/
Klyavets7110/
Schlavis714/
Clauvice713/
Cleiveis711/
Clayveer711/
Clover675,984/
Clowes675,767/
Clovis674,356/
Clavio671,345/
Clobes67838/
Sloves67253/
Klabes67240/
Slavis67133/
Klawes6791/
Clovey6762/
Claushues6754/
Klavis6734/
Kloves6726/
Clóvis6719/
Clovet6717/
Claoue6716/
Slavez6716/
Clawey6714/
Klavei6711/
Clabey6710/
Klavec677/
Slavys675/
Cleavy674/
Klaive674/
Cleive673/
Clavij673/
Clavér673/
Clabis673/
Cleava672/
Klaveu672/
Clavit672/
Clavid672/
Claube671/
Clavay671/
Clavha671/
Cleyve671/
Clòvis671/
Klavee671/
Zlavis671/
Claabe671/
Claviz671/
Cleabe671/
Clauvy671/
Clauwe671/
Klavie671/
Clavix671/
Claybe671/
Klavej671/
Klavey670/
Clasvy670/
Cleove670/

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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 Claves
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