Harvey Surname
Approximately 289,343 people bear this surname
Harvey Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Harvey.' This great personal name had not become so rare in the 12th and 13th centuries that it could escape surnominal honours. On the contrary, it is still found as a fairly familiar personal name up to the beginning of the 14th century.
Read More About This SurnameHarvey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 149,309 | 1:2,428 | 240 |
| England | 57,446 | 1:970 | 98 |
| Australia | 26,522 | 1:1,018 | 93 |
| Canada | 25,255 | 1:1,459 | 121 |
| Scotland | 4,557 | 1:1,175 | 195 |
| Jamaica | 4,420 | 1:649 | 118 |
| South Africa | 4,195 | 1:12,915 | 1,615 |
| New Zealand | 4,068 | 1:1,113 | 97 |
| Wales | 2,629 | 1:1,177 | 111 |
| Northern Ireland | 1,573 | 1:1,173 | 241 |
| Ireland | 1,554 | 1:3,030 | 566 |
| France | 686 | 1:96,826 | 14,161 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 449 | 1:76 | 13 |
| Thailand | 403 | 1:175,281 | 28,384 |
| Spain | 344 | 1:135,907 | 10,250 |
| Liberia | 309 | 1:14,267 | 1,499 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Guyana | 212 | 1:3,595 | 654 |
| Argentina | 209 | 1:204,514 | 16,900 |
| Barbados | 202 | 1:1,423 | 307 |
| Germany | 202 | 1:398,542 | 36,874 |
| Vanuatu | 197 | 1:1,336 | 359 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 191 | 1:7,141 | 1,071 |
| Botswana | 188 | 1:11,633 | 2,210 |
| Bahamas | 187 | 1:2,095 | 310 |
| Chile | 180 | 1:97,869 | 3,705 |
| Dominican Republic | 169 | 1:61,733 | 3,013 |
| Philippines | 168 | 1:602,608 | 65,371 |
| Bermuda | 148 | 1:441 | 57 |
| Zimbabwe | 129 | 1:119,676 | 16,190 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 122 | 1:452 | 105 |
| Netherlands | 110 | 1:153,520 | 22,896 |
| Sweden | 102 | 1:96,537 | 7,015 |
| Japan | 95 | 1:1,345,729 | 23,181 |
| Guernsey | 88 | 1:732 | 115 |
| Isle of Man | 88 | 1:975 | 148 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 85 | 1:1,167 | 200 |
| India | 85 | 1:9,024,299 | 181,432 |
| Papua New Guinea | 83 | 1:98,238 | 13,191 |
| Jersey | 76 | 1:1,305 | 180 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| Peru | 74 | 1:429,515 | 13,251 |
| Brazil | 73 | 1:2,932,525 | 86,118 |
| Costa Rica | 70 | 1:68,287 | 1,364 |
| Malaysia | 66 | 1:446,882 | 22,856 |
| Switzerland | 66 | 1:124,438 | 12,477 |
| China | 63 | 1:21,703,517 | 1,203 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 60 | 1:1,840 | 302 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Norway | 55 | 1:93,496 | 12,846 |
| Denmark | 50 | 1:112,894 | 10,491 |
| Greece | 50 | 1:221,596 | 34,567 |
| Colombia | 49 | 1:974,981 | 9,135 |
| Panama | 47 | 1:83,240 | 3,379 |
| Mauritius | 45 | 1:28,743 | 5,603 |
| Italy | 44 | 1:1,389,925 | 78,899 |
| Cayman Islands | 43 | 1:1,486 | 194 |
| Cyprus | 42 | 1:21,068 | 2,351 |
| Hong Kong | 40 | 1:183,387 | 2,972 |
| Saint Lucia | 40 | 1:4,470 | 629 |
| Belgium | 39 | 1:294,786 | 34,540 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| Nicaragua | 34 | 1:177,091 | 2,402 |
| Czechia | 33 | 1:322,226 | 40,051 |
| Grenada | 33 | 1:3,289 | 500 |
| Russia | 32 | 1:4,503,846 | 209,401 |
| Venezuela | 32 | 1:943,877 | 14,561 |
| Malta | 30 | 1:14,342 | 837 |
| Belize | 29 | 1:12,258 | 1,436 |
| Mexico | 29 | 1:4,280,214 | 27,059 |
| Ghana | 27 | 1:1,000,766 | 11,483 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 23 | 1:4,898 | 600 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Israel | 20 | 1:427,882 | 33,464 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Oman | 20 | 1:184,399 | 3,569 |
| Egypt | 18 | 1:5,107,542 | 48,087 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Gibraltar | 13 | 1:2,612 | 585 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Ecuador | 11 | 1:1,445,986 | 17,636 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Solomon Islands | 11 | 1:52,730 | 10,588 |
| British Virgin Islands | 10 | 1:3,159 | 366 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| South Korea | 9 | 1:5,693,362 | 993 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Austria | 6 | 1:1,419,239 | 86,529 |
| Falkland Islands | 6 | 1:522 | 125 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Turkey | 6 | 1:12,970,237 | 144,247 |
| Vietnam | 6 | 1:15,441,009 | 3,090 |
| Anguilla | 5 | 1:2,687 | 256 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Malawi | 5 | 1:3,423,822 | 24,042 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 1:53,118,924 | 25,950 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Myanmar | 3 | 1:17,312,662 | 2,080 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Macau | 2 | 1:300,815 | 1,009 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Montserrat | 2 | 1:2,474 | 299 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Martin | 1 | 1:35,156 | 229 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Vatican City | 1 | 1:117 | 4 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2,236 | 1:1,981 | 374 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 28,357 | 1:860 | 86 |
| Scotland | 2,959 | 1:1,265 | 224 |
| Wales | 655 | 1:2,395 | 160 |
| Isle of Man | 28 | 1:1,938 | 257 |
| Jersey | 19 | 1:2,731 | 446 |
| Guernsey | 12 | 1:2,721 | 462 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25,509 | 1:1,969 | 203 |
The alternate forms: Harvéy (1) are calculated separately.
Harvey (157,912) may also be a first name.
Harvey Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Harvey.' This great personal name had not become so rare in the 12th and 13th centuries that it could escape surnominal honours. On the contrary, it is still found as a fairly familiar personal name up to the beginning of the 14th century. No modern directory, whether in England or the United States, is without representatives of the surname, and in this manner it has secured immortality. The last two centuries has seen the practice made popular of using surnames for baptismal names. Thus the late Bishop of Carlisle was Harvey Goodwin, although for several centuries Harvey has been obsolete as a personal name.
Harvey Dunnyng, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Warin Hervi, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Robert fil. Hervei, Lincolnshire, ibid.
Herveus le Gos, Lincolnshire, ibid.
Harveus Belet, Oxfordshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
= Hervey, q.v.
This name, of English origin, is mainly found among Ulster settlers, though prominent also in Co.
Wexford. Occasionally it is an anglicization of the small south Galway sept of Ó hAirmheadhaigh. Bibl; IF 295
“Battle-Worthy” in Old French (“Herve”).
(English) Descendant of Harvey (bitter, or carnage-worthy).
An ancient Norman personal name-Herve. M. de Gerville in Mem. Soc. Ant. Norman, 1844, observes: "We sometimes call it Hervot. . La Hervurie signifies the habitation of Herve." As a family designation it appears in England in the XII. cent. Osbert de Hervey is styled, in the register of St. Edmundsbury, the son of Hervey. From him according to the Peerage sprang the Herveys, ennobled in England and Ireland, and also (in all probability, from the resemblance of their arms) the De Hervi's and Hervies of Aberdeenshire and other parts of Scotland.
(Saxon.) From here, an army, and wic, a fort.
William Herveus, Normandy, 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae), and England, 1199, Surrey and Suffolk (Rotuli Curiae Regis). Probably several families of different origin bore the name. See Hervey.
From the Old Norse, Hávarr (?); from the Danish, Hartvig; from the Flemish, Harvig; from the French, Hervé; personal name William Hervei in Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus, King John
Harvey. —Well distributed over England south of a line drawn from Hull to Chester. North of that line its frequency abruptly ceases. It is best represented in Essex, Hants, and Kent, and then in Corwall, Devon, Staffordshire, Notts, Norfolk, and Suffolk. Its preference for the coast counties, especially those in the south - east of England from Kent to Norfolk, is to be remarked. This name in the reign of Edward I. took the form of Hervey and Hervi, and was found in London and Cambridgeshire. (Hundred Rolls.) Herve was an ancient Norman personal name. Harvey is also found in many parts of Scotland.
User-submitted Reference
The Harvey surname derives from the Enlish pronunciation of Derby or Berkshire of the surname Hervey.
There is abundant evidence that John Hervey of Thurleigh, England, who was born in 1290, was descended by one or more of several lines from Herveus Bituricensis, a Norman Duke who greatly assisted William the Conqueror during the invasion of England in 1066 and was awarded with a consirerable amount of land in Suffolk around that time.
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Harvey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Harvey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Harvey (Arabic: هرفي, Marathi: हारवे) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Harvéy. Click here for further potential spellings of Harvey.
How Common Is The Last Name Harvey? popularity and diffusion
Harvey is the 1,896th most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,187 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Harvey live; 60 percent live in North America and 57 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 6,652nd most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 157,912 people.
The last name Harvey is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 149,309 people, or 1 in 2,428. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 8 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Florida, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 161 countries. It also occurs in England, where 20 percent live and Australia, where 9 percent live.
Harvey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Harvey has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 585 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 203 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 154 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 401 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 31 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Harvey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (47%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Harvey surname are 10.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.85% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Harvey earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 16.24% more than the national average, earning 402,294 kr per year; in Peru they earn 5.73% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,274 per year; in South Africa they earn 49.76% more than the national average, earning R 355,884 per year; in Colombia they earn 20.92% less than the national average, earning $17,952,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.27% less than the national average, earning $41,737 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.43% less than the national average, earning $45,994 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Harvey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Harvey in the Marathi language | ||
| हारवे | harave | 75 |
| हवय | havaya | 25 |
| Harvey in the Arabic language | ||
| هرفي | hrfy | - |
| هارفي | harfy | - |
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