Herve Surname
Approximately 37,821 people bear this surname
Herve Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 17,620 | 1:771 | 116 |
| France | 14,491 | 1:4,584 | 357 |
| Ethiopia | 2,737 | 1:35,640 | 4,079 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Gabon | 354 | 1:5,337 | 981 |
| Cameroon | 233 | 1:89,138 | 10,727 |
| United States | 192 | 1:1,887,807 | 122,674 |
| Ivory Coast | 192 | 1:120,163 | 5,939 |
| Haiti | 161 | 1:66,360 | 3,693 |
| England | 147 | 1:379,034 | 26,619 |
| Thailand | 134 | 1:527,152 | 91,366 |
| Canada | 115 | 1:320,396 | 29,368 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Belgium | 87 | 1:132,145 | 19,103 |
| French Polynesia | 86 | 1:3,265 | 709 |
| New Caledonia | 78 | 1:3,541 | 557 |
| Brazil | 50 | 1:4,281,487 | 114,765 |
| Chile | 48 | 1:367,010 | 10,126 |
| Guernsey | 37 | 1:1,742 | 400 |
| Germany | 33 | 1:2,439,559 | 124,421 |
| Jersey | 29 | 1:3,421 | 664 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Spain | 16 | 1:2,922,002 | 63,384 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 1:916,227 | 36,116 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Madagascar | 9 | 1:2,627,760 | 3,802 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 25 | 1:975,015 | 39,671 |
| Jersey | 18 | 1:2,882 | 475 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
The alternate forms: Hervé (2,751), Hervè (2) & Hérvé (1) are calculated separately.
Herve (214,394) may also be a first name.
Herve Demographics
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Herve Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Herve Come From? nationality or country of origin
Herve is more commonly found in Chad than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Hervé, Hervè or Hérvé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Herve? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 14,734th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 192,685 people. The surname Herve occurs predominantly in Africa, where 58 percent of Herve reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Herve is also the 4,879th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 214,394 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Chad, where it is carried by 17,620 people, or 1 in 771. Other than Chad Herve is found in 76 countries. It is also common in France, where 38 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 7 percent are found.
Herve Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Herve has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Herve surname increased 1,280 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 588 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Herve Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Herve last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Herve earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 15.91% more than the national average, earning $50,012 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.12% less than the national average, earning $48,134 CAD per year.
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Herve Reference & Research
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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 Herve
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