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

Gilve is carried by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gilve.

How Common Is The Last Name Gilve? popularity and diffusion

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

The last name is most commonly occurring in Croatia, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 211,430. In Croatia it is most common in: Split-Dalmatia County, where 70 percent reside and Požega-Slavonia County, where 30 percent reside. Barring Croatia this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 21 percent reside and Germany, where 21 percent reside.

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
  • 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 Gilve
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