Grivans Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Grivans Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 54 | 1:37,964 | 5,774 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 8 | 1:467,902 | 12,875 |
The alternate forms: Grīvans (1) are calculated separately.
Grivans Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grivans Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Grivans (Russian: Гриванс) occurs in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Grīvans. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Grivans? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,007,164th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. Grivans occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Grivans reside; 82 percent reside in Northern Europe and 62 percent reside in Baltic Europe.
The last name Grivans is most commonly held in Latvia, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 37,964. In Latvia Grivans is most common in: Riga Planning Region, where 80 percent live, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 19 percent live and Semigallia, where 2 percent live. Aside from Latvia Grivans occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 20 percent live and Russia, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Grivans Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Grivans in the Russian language | ||
| Гриванс | grivans | - |
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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 Grivans
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