Ivan Surname
Approximately 66,752 people bear this surname
Ivan Surname Definition:
(Russian, Bulg.) The son of Ivan (gracious gift of Jehovah).
Ivan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 40,842 | 1:492 | 52 |
| Mozambique | 7,416 | 1:3,676 | 846 |
| United States | 2,247 | 1:161,308 | 16,425 |
| Slovakia | 2,080 | 1:2,566 | 117 |
| Spain | 1,358 | 1:34,427 | 3,439 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,252 | 1:6,513 | 427 |
| Bangladesh | 1,172 | 1:135,970 | 5,321 |
| Indonesia | 1,097 | 1:120,555 | 12,153 |
| Tanzania | 681 | 1:77,741 | 8,025 |
| Russia | 680 | 1:211,946 | 23,131 |
| Canada | 581 | 1:63,418 | 7,414 |
| Czechia | 552 | 1:19,264 | 2,917 |
| Brazil | 497 | 1:430,733 | 16,340 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Serbia | 452 | 1:15,807 | 1,856 |
| Italy | 355 | 1:172,272 | 26,023 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Mongolia | 271 | 1:10,425 | 1,480 |
| India | 252 | 1:3,043,910 | 90,807 |
| Australia | 218 | 1:123,833 | 13,580 |
| Germany | 213 | 1:377,960 | 35,636 |
| Austria | 203 | 1:41,948 | 6,729 |
| England | 199 | 1:279,990 | 21,818 |
| Mexico | 199 | 1:623,750 | 10,152 |
| Dominican Republic | 169 | 1:61,733 | 3,013 |
| Argentina | 140 | 1:305,310 | 24,356 |
| Uganda | 136 | 1:287,054 | 20,278 |
| Kenya | 122 | 1:378,524 | 21,706 |
| Belarus | 118 | 1:80,517 | 12,830 |
| Portugal | 113 | 1:92,197 | 4,545 |
| Iran | 98 | 1:783,495 | 39,531 |
| France | 86 | 1:772,357 | 94,336 |
| Sweden | 86 | 1:114,497 | 8,198 |
| Greece | 83 | 1:133,491 | 22,215 |
| Singapore | 81 | 1:67,996 | 2,745 |
| Croatia | 78 | 1:54,213 | 10,290 |
| South Africa | 76 | 1:712,865 | 50,752 |
| China | 66 | 1:20,716,993 | 1,140 |
| Belgium | 65 | 1:176,871 | 23,883 |
| Netherlands | 65 | 1:259,803 | 32,877 |
| Hungary | 64 | 1:153,379 | 13,789 |
| Malaysia | 64 | 1:460,847 | 23,445 |
| Guyana | 63 | 1:12,099 | 1,709 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Thailand | 57 | 1:1,239,269 | 179,534 |
| Kazakhstan | 50 | 1:353,650 | 28,520 |
| Angola | 49 | 1:550,800 | 2,323 |
| Moldova | 41 | 1:86,863 | 10,849 |
| Israel | 36 | 1:237,712 | 22,042 |
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| Norway | 36 | 1:142,841 | 18,058 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| New Zealand | 29 | 1:156,149 | 17,650 |
| Switzerland | 29 | 1:283,204 | 22,806 |
| Denmark | 28 | 1:201,597 | 16,538 |
| Estonia | 27 | 1:48,956 | 9,235 |
| Philippines | 25 | 1:4,049,529 | 157,830 |
| Rwanda | 25 | 1:454,599 | 1,711 |
| Colombia | 24 | 1:1,990,586 | 12,178 |
| Solomon Islands | 24 | 1:24,168 | 4,782 |
| Maldives | 19 | 1:21,272 | 1,350 |
| Slovenia | 18 | 1:138,204 | 13,237 |
| Puerto Rico | 17 | 1:208,832 | 2,248 |
| Albania | 16 | 1:182,128 | 12,899 |
| Guatemala | 16 | 1:1,005,167 | 5,285 |
| Taiwan | 16 | 1:1,465,297 | 9,806 |
| Transnistria | 15 | 1:31,647 | 5,088 |
| Cyprus | 14 | 1:63,205 | 6,078 |
| Northern Ireland | 13 | 1:141,926 | 7,751 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| Ecuador | 11 | 1:1,445,986 | 17,636 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 10 | 1:136,398 | 7,940 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Myanmar | 9 | 1:5,770,887 | 975 |
| Peru | 9 | 1:3,531,569 | 31,288 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Tajikistan | 9 | 1:931,855 | 5,350 |
| Nicaragua | 8 | 1:752,636 | 4,372 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Ireland | 6 | 1:784,823 | 16,062 |
| Iceland | 6 | 1:63,348 | 4,218 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Marshall Islands | 6 | 1:8,637 | 1,214 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 1:707,280 | 14,781 |
| North Macedonia | 5 | 1:420,294 | 19,032 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| El Salvador | 4 | 1:1,585,972 | 4,802 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Honduras | 4 | 1:2,204,110 | 6,397 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Belize | 2 | 1:177,737 | 3,502 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Macau | 2 | 1:300,815 | 1,009 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 37 | 1:1,357,262 | 74,323 |
The alternate forms: Iván (4,191) & Ivàn (3) are calculated separately.
Ivan (3,893,780) may also be a first name.
Ivan Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Russian, Bulg.) The son of Ivan (gracious gift of Jehovah).
Ivan Demographics
Ivan Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Ivan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ivan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ivan (Georgian: ივან, Hindi: इवान, Marathi: इवान, Russian: Иван) is held by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Iván or Ivàn. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ivan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,535th most widespread family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 109,173 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Ivan live; 66 percent live in Eastern Europe and 61 percent live in Romanian Europe. Ivan is also the 101st most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 3,893,780 people.
It is most frequently used in Romania, where it is carried by 40,842 people, or 1 in 492. In Romania it is primarily found in: Bucharest Municipality, where 16 percent reside, Prahova County, where 6 percent reside and Ilfov County, where 5 percent reside. Not including Romania this last name occurs in 146 countries. It is also found in Mozambique, where 11 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
Ivan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ivan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 6,073 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,809 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Ivan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Ivan last name is primarily Orthodox (87%) in Russia, Orthodox (83%) in Belarus, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Ivan surname are 6.89% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.66% registered with the political party.
The amount Ivan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 76.87% less than the national average, earning €6,946 per year; in Norway they earn 26.63% more than the national average, earning 438,225 kr per year; in Peru they earn 113.27% more than the national average, earning S/. 41,342 per year; in South Africa they earn 31.96% more than the national average, earning R 313,584 per year; in Colombia they earn 21.94% less than the national average, earning $17,720,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.53% more than the national average, earning $46,397 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.83% more than the national average, earning $50,097 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ivan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ivan in the Georgian language | ||
| ივან | ivan | - |
| Ivan in the Marathi language | ||
| इवान | ivana | 43.3 |
| इवन | ivana | 22.68 |
| ईवान | ivana | 12.89 |
| ईवन | ivana | 5.67 |
| आयिवन | ayivana | 4.64 |
| आईवन | a'ivana | 2.58 |
| वान | vana | 0.52 |
| वन | vana | 0.52 |
| Ivan in the Hindi language | ||
| इवान | ivana | 28.21 |
| इवन | ivana | 24.36 |
| ईवान | ivana | 14.1 |
| ईवन | ivana | 8.97 |
| आईवन | a'ivana | 6.41 |
| आइवन | a'ivana | 6.41 |
| ीवन | ivana | 2.56 |
| ीवान | ivana | 1.28 |
| इवेन | ivena | 1.28 |
| िवन | ivana | 1.28 |
| Ivan in the Russian language | ||
| Иван | ivan | - |
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