Declève Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Declève Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Declève Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium801:143,70820,372
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Decleve (268) are calculated separately.

Declève Last Name Facts

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

Declève is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Decleve. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Declève? popularity and diffusion

The last name Declève is the 2,075,631st most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Declève are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Declève is most widely held in Belgium, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 143,708. In Belgium Declève is primarily concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 78 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 20 percent live and Flemish Region, where 3 percent live. Outside of Belgium it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Decleve95268/
Declèves9327/
Desclèves883/
Declave861/
Decleves8080/
Descleve8011/
Declaive801/
Decklever75108/
Descleves7596/
Deckliver751/
Decleiver751/
Declivi712/
Desleve711/
Deklever6717/

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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 Declève
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