Gloves Surname

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

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Gloves Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gloves Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:18,572,686338,250
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States601:836,97851,589

Gloves (29) may also be a first name.

Gloves Last Name Facts

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

Gloves has its highest incidence in England. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gloves.

How Common Is The Last Name Gloves? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gloves is the 7,117,718th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 57 percent of Gloves reside; 57 percent reside in Northern Europe and 57 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 29 people.

The last name is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 18,572,686. In England it is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 33 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 33 percent live and West Midlands, where 33 percent live. Barring England this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 29 percent live and Canada, where 14 percent live.

Gloves Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gloves has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Gloves surname decreased 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gloveus9211/
Glove917/
Glover83128,729/
Glaves831,207/
Globes8353/
Glovis8319/
Glovei837/
Glovet834/
Glovey834/
Glowes833/
Glovez832/
Gleves832/
Gloveu831/
Glouve831/
Glovec830/
Globies7718/
Glavies778/
Gloover775/
Gloveer774/
Glouver772/
Globets771/
Gleeves771/
Globesh771/
Gloveth771/
Gloviss771/
Gloverr771/
Hglover770/
Gloubes770/
Gleover770/
Glave731,597/
Globe73308/
Glowe73191/
Glovi738/
Glovy731/
Gillobes711/
Glavey67375/
Glavee67356/
Globys67181/
Glavis67131/
Globis67101/
Glewis6759/
Glavez6757/
Glavie6744/
Globez6740/
Gloova6725/
Glavet6723/
Gloybe6721/
Glaver6717/
Glevis6716/
Glovňa6714/
Glovio679/
Globex676/
Guillovet676/
Glouvi675/
Glabes675/
Gloobe675/
Gillhover674/
Gloube674/
Glevez674/
Globee672/
Glouva672/
Glavje672/
Gloviz671/
Glawes671/
Glaoue671/
Gillovais671/
Glosweets671/
Glowis671/
Globey670/
Glewes670/
Glowey670/

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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 Gloves
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