Gleeve Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Gleeve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gleeve Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:11,143,612252,590
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Gleeve (6) may also be a first name.

Gleeve Last Name Facts

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

Gleeve is found most in England. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gleeve? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gleeve is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gleeve are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in British Isles. Gleeve is also the 4,967,096th most widely held given name on earth, borne by 6 people.

The surname is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 11,143,612. In England it is mostly found in: Cheshire, where 80 percent live and City of Bristol, where 20 percent live.

Gleeve Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Gleeve has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 125 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gleeves921/
Gleve9141/
Gleave833,868/
Glever8346/
Glaeve837/
Glevez834/
Gleves832/
Gleewe831/
Gleebe830/
Gleaves772,175/
Gleavey7738/
Gleevoy777/
Gleaver772/
Gleyver771/
Glejver771/
Gleevis770/
Glave731,597/
Glebe73720/
Glive7323/
Glevy7313/
Gläve7312/
Glewe7310/
Glove737/
Glöve731/
Gillevet7124/
Gleevaya7120/
Gillever710/
Glavey67375/
Glavee67356/
Gleber67333/
Glewwe67232/
Gleavy6768/
Glaive6749/
Glaewe6739/
Glebes6732/
Gleibe6723/
Glawee6718/
Glevis6716/
Gliver6710/
Glovei677/
Glovey674/
Glevio672/
Gléver672/
Glivey671/
Gleuwe671/
Glewey671/
Glouve671/
Gloveu671/
Ghlewe671/
Glebed671/
Glêver671/
Gleabe671/
Glyves671/
Gleyvi671/
Glevaj671/
Glewes670/
Glives670/
Glevay670/

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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 Gleeve
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