de Boevé Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Boevé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Boevé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium161:718,54060,840
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: de Boeve (18) are calculated separately.

de Boevé Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Boevé is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: de Boeve. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Boevé? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,649,889th most common surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. de Boevé is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of de Boevé are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name de Boevé is most numerous in Belgium, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 718,540. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 94 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent are found. Besides Belgium this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Boeve9618/
de Boevi881/
de Boever821,484/
de Bovi80204/
de Bevy8016/
de Bove8010/
de Beve801/
de Bowe801/
de Bovea752/
de Bieve752/
de Bovee752/
de Bouve752/
de Bouver7191/
de Bouwer7149/
de Bouvet7120/
da Bove6738/
De-Bove672/
der Bouwer671/
di Bove671/
de Boishue671/
de Bave670/
de Bavay6326/
de Veuve6314/
de Bauve6311/
de Baiva632/
de Baibe631/
de Bauwer592/
de Bauvois561/
Da-Bove5310/
da Bawe531/
De-Veuve509/
de-Bavay501/
di Beibe501/

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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 de Boevé
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