Clève Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Clève Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Cleve (2,150) & Clevé (2) are calculated separately.
Clève (1,334) may also be a first name.
Clève Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Clève Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Clève is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Cleve or Clevé. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Clève? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,391,485th most common family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Clève live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Clève is also the 215,053rd most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 1,334 people.
The last name Clève is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 1,045,149. In Belgium Clève is most prevalent in: Walloon Region, where 100 percent live. Not including Belgium this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 8 percent live and France, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleve | 93 | 2,150 | / |
| Clèves | 91 | 4 | / |
| Clevé | 87 | 2 | / |
| Clive | 80 | 2,446 | / |
| Clyve | 80 | 13 | / |
| Clever | 73 | 7,836 | / |
| Cleave | 73 | 2,404 | / |
| Cleves | 73 | 2,274 | / |
| Cleeve | 73 | 929 | / |
| Cliver | 73 | 792 | / |
| Clivet | 73 | 276 | / |
| Clevez | 73 | 99 | / |
| Cliveţ | 73 | 41 | / |
| Clives | 73 | 33 | / |
| Clevet | 73 | 14 | / |
| Cliveț | 73 | 4 | / |
| Claive | 73 | 4 | / |
| Cleved | 73 | 3 | / |
| Cleive | 73 | 3 | / |
| Cléver | 73 | 2 | / |
| Clayve | 73 | 2 | / |
| Cleyve | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cleveh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cléves | 73 | 1 | / |
| Clivhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Clevey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Clevee | 73 | 0 | / |
| Clivey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Cleaver | 67 | 15,003 | / |
| Cleaves | 67 | 3,288 | / |
| Cleeves | 67 | 421 | / |
| Clevett | 67 | 317 | / |
| Cleever | 67 | 30 | / |
| Cleavey | 67 | 5 | / |
| Cleaved | 67 | 3 | / |
| Clesver | 67 | 2 | / |
| Clyveer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cleiver | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cleveas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cleverr | 67 | 0 | / |
| Cleavet | 67 | 0 | / |
| Cleveis | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Clève
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