Festive Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Festive Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Festive Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Festive (18) may also be a first name.

Festive Last Name Facts

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

The surname Festive is held by more people in Ireland than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Festive click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Festive? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most prevalent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Festive occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Festive are found; 33 percent are found in Caribbean and 33 percent are found in Anglo-Caribbean. It is also the 2,608,198th most common given name on earth, borne by 18 people.

Festive is most commonly held in Ireland, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 4,708,939. Other than Ireland Festive exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Trinidad and Tobago, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fetive922/
Festivi8621/
Festiva8611/
Festeves801/
Fetiveis800/
Fetiva77181/
Fitive774/
Fetibe772/
Fetieva7145/
Vettive712/
Feteiva711/
Fedtibe711/
Fastivi711/
Fistiva711/
Feytieva677/
Fetewa62979/
Vitive6224/
Fetewi6213/
Fitiwe629/
Fetewe626/
Fetiwi622/
Fetewy621/
Fitiva621/
Vetivai577/
Fitieva577/
Feteeva575/
Vasteve571/
Vestibai536/
Phethiwe531/
Fethioui531/
Veshtebei5046/
Veshtebey5021/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Festive
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