Gilve Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Gilve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gilve Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia201:211,43024,636
Cameroon81:2,596,134118,056
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gilve (45) may also be a first name.

Gilve Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gilve has its highest incidence in Croatia. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Gilve click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gilve? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gilve is the 3,141,416th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 74 percent of Gilve live; 54 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 54 percent live in South Slavic Europe. Gilve is also the 1,504,468th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 45 people.

The last name Gilve is most widespread in Croatia, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 211,430. In Croatia it is primarily found in: Split-Dalmatia County, where 70 percent live and Požega-Slavonia County, where 30 percent live. Besides Croatia this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 21 percent live and Germany, where 21 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gilvey91199/
Gilver91123/
Gilves91123/
Gilvez9144/
Gilvie9114/
Guilve912/
Gilvee911/
Gilvet911/
Gileve911/
Gillve911/
Gilvei910/
Ilve8934/
Guilver832/
Guilves831/
Gulve8011,255/
Ilves803,213/
Silve801,898/
Gelve80179/
Cilve8090/
Gilbe8065/
Ilver8063/
Gleve8041/
Hilve8041/
Gilvi808/
Ilvez803/
Gilue802/
Zilve802/
Ilvet802/
Yilve801/
Ielve801/
Ilved801/
Oilve801/
Itlve801/
Ilvee801/
Ilvea800/
Gilveath772/
O'Gilvey771/
Gelvez7317,529/
Gelves737,142/
Silvey736,452/
Gilbey733,071/
Silvee731,084/
Silvie73420/
Gelver73419/
Gilbee73218/
Zilver73113/
Hilves7382/
Silvea7381/
Gillbe7365/
Chilve7365/
Zilves7353/
Gillue7341/
Gelvet7340/
Gelvey7338/
Gélvez7330/
Gailwe7328/
Ilvest7327/
Oilver7326/
Ilvess7324/
Gilbea7324/
Hilver7321/
Gylver7313/
Gilevy7312/
Hillve737/
Gilviz735/
Jilver734/
Goilwe734/
Zhilve733/
Ghulve732/
Gailbe732/
Ailves732/
Silvei732/
Gélves732/
Guelve732/
Gilebe731/
Gulhve731/
Đilves731/
Yilver731/
Itlveh731/
Hilvey731/
Sailve731/
Gèlvez731/
Gilvis731/
Gileby731/
Ailvee731/
Silvej731/
Gelvej731/
Oilves730/
Gelvie730/
Hielve730/
Elve67916/
Chilver67717/
Gillbee67148/
Ilva6791/
Ilvi6765/
Gilvaia6758/
Ilue6745/
Gilvaja6730/
Ilbe6724/
Gillewy6717/
Hillver6716/
Gilevoy6714/
Gilleby6713/
Guelves6712/
Ghilwet679/
Gilvaiz679/
Ylve678/
Gilvich677/
Guelvez676/
Gaailwe676/
O'Gilvy675/
Chilves675/
Gailber674/
Gulløve674/
Chilvee673/
Gillbey672/
Gelvett672/
Gillevi672/
Jlve672/
Ilvy671/
Ilwe671/
Sielvie671/
Gillwey671/
Gilewai671/
Chailve671/
Gitilue671/
Seilvey670/

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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 Gilve
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