Gliven Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Gliven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gliven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Gliven (13) may also be a first name.

Gliven Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gliven is found most in England. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gliven.

How Common Is The Last Name Gliven? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 57 percent of Gliven are found; 57 percent are found in Northern Europe and 57 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.

The last name Gliven is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England Gliven is mostly concentrated in: Greater London, where 75 percent are found and Devon, where 25 percent are found. Without taking into account England it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 29 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.

Gliven Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gliven has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gelliven860/
Glivin8318/
Gleven8317/
Lven806/
Gliving7727/
Glivina7724/
Glaivin772/
Glivine771/
Løven7313/
Lvein732/
Luiten672,339/
Luisen67256/
Løveng6770/
Glyvin6740/
Glevin6715/
Løvøen6713/
Glevén676/
Luicen672/
Hlvend671/
Glebiscen671/
Lviten671/
Glevem670/
Gluvin670/

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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 Gliven
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