Hervie Surname
Approximately 845 people bear this surname
Hervie 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 SurnameHervie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 831 | 1:32,516 | 3,831 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Hervie (795) may also be a first name.
Hervie 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.
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.
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.
Hervie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hervie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hervie occurs in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Hervie click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hervie? popularity and diffusion
Hervie is the 412,606th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 8,624,315 people. The last name Hervie occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Hervie reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 290,366th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 795 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is carried by 831 people, or 1 in 32,516. Beside Ghana this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
Hervie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Hervie has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hervie surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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