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 last name Hervé is more frequently found in Israel than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Herve, Hervè or Hérvé. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hervé? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 158,707th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 2,649,053 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 59 percent of Hervé live; 59 percent live in West Asia and 59 percent live in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 13,551st most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 72,057 people.
This surname is most numerous in Israel, where it is held by 1,620 people, or 1 in 5,282. In Israel it is mostly concentrated in: Northern District, where 65 percent are found, Jerusalem District, where 18 percent are found and Central District, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Israel this surname exists in 40 countries. It is also common in France, where 33 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.
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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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