Gyven Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kosovo
Highest density in:
Kosovo

Gyven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gyven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kosovo31:620,62310,771
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gyven (20) may also be a first name.

Gyven Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gyven is held by more people in Kosovo than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gyven.

How Common Is The Last Name Gyven? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gyven is the 6,723,624th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Gyven live; 38 percent live in Northern Europe and 38 percent live in Scandinavia. Gyven is also the 2,446,817th most frequent given name globally, borne by 20 people.

Gyven is most commonly occurring in Kosovo, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 620,623. In Kosovo it is mostly found in: District of Pristina, where 67 percent reside and District of Prizren, where 33 percent reside. Besides Kosovo this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 25 percent reside and Finland, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Geyven916/
Gyvene911/
Gyvenc911/
Gayven911/
Gyvienė831/
Given808,487/
Geven802,397/
Geeven73193/
Gueven7360/
Givent7332/
Giveen7330/
Guiven7311/
Geveng7310/
Gayvin739/
Gyving738/
Giveng735/
Givenn732/
Gevenc732/
Givesn731/
Gevean731/
Gaiven731/
Gevene731/
Givien730/
Givein730/
Givean730/
Gieven730/
Goiven730/
Gevisen6732/
Guevene6713/
Gisveyn679/
Giveand677/
Geveing672/
Guevenc671/
Dven671/
Ghayvin671/
Geeveen671/
Guyvina671/
Ghevend671/
Gevienn670/

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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 Gyven
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