Culve Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Culve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Culve Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines211:4,820,868168,058
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Culve Last Name Facts

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

The surname Culve is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Culve click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Culve? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,206,983rd most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Culve live; 95 percent live in Southeast Asia and 95 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 4,820,868. In The Philippines it is mostly concentrated in: Zamboanga Peninsula, where 43 percent reside, Davao Region, where 24 percent reside and Western Visayas, where 19 percent reside. Outside of The Philippines Culve exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Culve Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Culve has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Culve surname decreased 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Culver9125,880/
Culvey91108/
Chulve9143/
Culves9120/
Culvet916/
Culvez911/
Culvee910/
Cullver838/
Coulver833/
Cuilver830/
Julve802,328/
Culbe80114/
Kulve8085/
Colve8056/
Culvi8046/
Sulve808/
Culva803/
Culue801/
Culvy801/
Julvez73560/
Chulvi73465/
Khulve73409/
Culber7377/
Zulver7368/
Colvee7330/
Chulue7330/
Julves739/
Kulves736/
Culbet732/
Colvea732/
Sulvey731/
Culbey731/
Zulvee731/
Julver731/
Chulbe731/
Caulbe731/
Koulve731/
Soulve730/
Culuer730/
Culwer730/
Ciulbea6784/
Soulvie6769/
Kulveit6735/
Kulvejt6725/
Kulvets6724/
Chuluea6722/
Coulber6715/
Djulvez679/
Khulvey678/
Caulber672/
Chuilvi671/
Coulbee671/
Dculvha671/
Culbeet671/
Culbech670/

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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 Culve
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