Gyuve Surname

1,058,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Gyuve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gyuve Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2281:776,94234,923
Bulgaria81:872,36331,900

Gyuve (38) may also be a first name.

Gyuve Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gyuve occurs most in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gyuve.

How Common Is The Last Name Gyuve? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,058,336th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 30,879,432 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gyuve are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 38 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 228 people, or 1 in 776,942. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 79 percent live, Taraba, where 14 percent live and Plateau, where 6 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Bulgaria, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gyuhve911/
Gyve895/
Gyuv891/
Geyve80517/
Gyove801/
Gyave801/
Gyv759/
Geyuev734/
Gyuife731/
Geyave730/
Gyov6738/
Gyav676/
Gyev674/
Geyv673/
Gyyv672/
Gyfu672/
Hgyv671/
Gywv671/
Gyvy671/
Gyvu671/
Gey-Veh671/

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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 Gyuve
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis