Ieve Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Ieve Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 44 | 1:1,509,607 | 143,950 |
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Iève (20) are calculated separately.
Ieve (116) may also be a first name.
Ieve Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ieve Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ieve has its highest incidence in France. It may also appear as: Iève. For other potential spellings of Ieve click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ieve? popularity and diffusion
Ieve is the 1,967,751st most numerous last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The surname Ieve is predominantly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Ieve reside; 39 percent reside in West Africa and 39 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 868,627th most frequently held given name globally, borne by 116 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in France, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 1,509,607. In France it is most prevalent in: Réunion, where 73 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 18 percent live and Île-de-France, where 9 percent live. Barring France Ieve occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 39 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.
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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 Ieve
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