Delve Surname

347,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,053 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Delve Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at a Delf, Trench, or Hollow [O.E, ge)delf]

Delve Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6431:86,6539,466
United States1131:3,207,601184,423
Wales951:32,5743,273
Canada521:708,56956,910
Yemen381:695,40211,077
South Africa291:1,868,19787,346
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
Venezuela131:2,323,39126,733
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
India61:127,844,230863,365
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3541:68,8577,772
Wales431:36,4751,977
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Delve (135) may also be a first name.

Delve Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at a Delf, Trench, or Hollow [O.E, ge)delf]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

De Delve occurs in H.R. indicating the local origin of the name. I do not find the place. The Anglo-Saxon delf, dcelf, means a digging, and the name may be cognate with Ditch, Foss, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the French, Delvaux; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Delve Last Name Facts

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

Delve (Marathi: दळवे) occurs most in England. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Delve click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Delve? popularity and diffusion

Delve is the 347,156th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 6,920,746 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Delve live; 71 percent live in Northern Europe and 70 percent live in British Isles. Delve is also the 797,647th most commonly held forename world-wide. It is borne by 135 people.

The surname is most numerous in England, where it is held by 643 people, or 1 in 86,653. In England it is most common in: Devon, where 14 percent live, Greater London, where 13 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 11 percent live. Excluding England it occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent live and Wales, where 9 percent live.

Delve Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Delve has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Delve surname grew 182 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 2,260 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 221 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Delve Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Delve surname is principally Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Delve last name are 0.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Delve earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 111.87% more than the national average, earning R 503,472 per year; in United States they earn 29.61% more than the national average, earning $55,924 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.45% more than the national average, earning $60,837 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Delves912,094/
Delver91881/
Delvie9180/
Delvey9167/
Del've917/
Delvez912/
Delvea911/
Delvet910/
Dealve910/
Delvees834/
Delvett831/
Dealvey831/
Dehlvee831/
Delleve831/
Dielvie830/
Delva8025,913/
Dalve8010,680/
Delvi801,610/
Dolve80185/
Delvy80144/
Dilve801/
Dalvie73529/
Delvai73310/
Dealva73265/
Dehlvi73190/
Delvit73124/
Dilver73104/
Delvis7392/
Delvoy7382/
Dalvee7365/
Dalvey7354/
Dölves7329/
Delvay7328/
Delhvi7313/
Dhleve739/
Delvyh734/
Deelva733/
Dolvie732/
Dhalve732/
Dalvei732/
Delvio732/
Delvoi732/
Dhelvi732/
Dholve731/
Dilvet731/
Dielvi731/
Dhelvy731/
Delvys731/
Deulbe731/
Dealue731/
Dalhve731/
Dilvej731/
Dilveh731/
Dolvey730/
Doylve730/
Delvid730/
Dellevi67901/
Delvois6733/
Delvitt6719/
Dehelvi6711/
Delvais6710/
Dealoue679/
Delvish677/
Delvich675/
Delympe672/
Delvhis672/
Detilbe671/
D'Elvis671/
D'Alvey671/
Dealbes671/
Deislue671/
Delvaay671/
Delleby671/

Delve Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Delve in the Marathi language
दळवेdalave66.67
देळवेdelave33.33

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