Delven Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Delven Surname Definition:

DELVEN: (French.) De Elven or D'Elven, from Elven, a town in Brittany, France.

Delven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

The alternate forms: Delvén (15) are calculated separately.

Delven (196) may also be a first name.

Delven Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

DELVEN: (French.) De Elven or D'Elven, from Elven, a town in Brittany, France.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Delven Last Name Facts

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

The surname Delven has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant: Delvén. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Delven? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Delven live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 648,004th most widespread forename on earth. It is borne by 196 people.

Delven is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is most common in: Arizona, where 33 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 33 percent live and Wisconsin, where 33 percent live. Barring The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 33 percent live and Brazil, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Delvén9415/
Delvene922/
Delvent922/
Delveen922/
Delvenne86859/
Delvenhe861/
Delvin83854/
Dolven83355/
Dilven83123/
Dalven8349/
Delvyn831/
Delvina77369/
Delvine7761/
Dalvean7723/
Delving7714/
Dehlvin7712/
Delvyne771/
Dalveen771/
Dilveen771/
Dealvin770/
Delvigne711,865/
Delvinck718/
Delvynne711/
Delvynck711/
Delvinne711/
Dolvin67386/
Dalvin6770/
Dalvén673/
Dilvin672/
Dolvyn671/
Delvingne670/
Ditlevesen634/
Dalvinn6210/
D'Levin621/
Dalvain621/
Dylvain621/
D'Levine571/
Dealbaine531/

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