Elv Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Elv Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elv Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden561:175,83512,146
Taiwan141:1,674,62511,030
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Elv (110) may also be a first name.

Elv Last Name Facts

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

Elv (Russian: Элв) is found in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Elv? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,020,555th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. The surname Elv occurs mostly in Europe, where 66 percent of Elv reside; 65 percent reside in Northern Europe and 65 percent reside in Scandinavia. Elv is also the 895,203rd most frequent given name in the world, held by 110 people.

The last name is most widely held in Sweden, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 175,835. In Sweden Elv is primarily concentrated in: Kronoberg County, where 45 percent live, Jönköping County, where 29 percent live and Västra Götaland County, where 11 percent live. Besides Sweden it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 16 percent live and Thailand, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elvå8610/
Gelv866/
Helv865/
Elvt861/
Ehlv861/
Ejlv861/
Eilv861/
Aelv861/
Elvf861/
Ealv861/
Eylev7530/
Elvås754/
Esløv753/
Healv752/
Ellvs751/
Helvd750/
Elf674,872/
Elb671,023/
Alv67241/
Elp6752/
Elvsås6728/
Elw6717/
Olv6716/
Elvova678/
Elbova678/
Ilv675/
Jlv675/
Elgeev674/
Ylv673/
Helløv673/
Elfová672/
Elfova671/

Elv Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Elv in the Russian language
Элвelv-

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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 Elv
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