Hervé Surname
Approximately 2,751 people bear this surname
Hervé Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 1,620 | 1:5,282 | 782 |
| France | 916 | 1:72,514 | 10,143 |
| Switzerland | 34 | 1:241,556 | 20,206 |
| Canada | 34 | 1:1,083,694 | 79,951 |
| Madagascar | 25 | 1:945,993 | 2,355 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
The alternate forms: Herve (37,821), Hervè (2) & Hérvé (1) are calculated separately.
Hervé (72,057) may also be a first name.
Hervé Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hervé Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hervé is carried by more people in Israel than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Herve, Hervè or Hérvé. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hervé? popularity and diffusion
Hervé is the 158,707th most numerous last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,649,053 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 59 percent of Hervé are found; 59 percent are found in West Asia and 59 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia. Hervé is also the 13,551st most common forename throughout the world. It is borne by 72,057 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Israel, where it is carried by 1,620 people, or 1 in 5,282. In Israel it is mostly concentrated in: Northern District, where 65 percent reside, Jerusalem District, where 18 percent reside and Central District, where 10 percent reside. Other than Israel it occurs in 40 countries. It is also common in France, where 33 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Hervé
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