Ivy Surname

24,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,421 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Ivy Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Ive,' from the pet-form Ivie or Ivey; compare Charley and Charlie, v. Ive.

1595. Married — Marke Ivy and Mary Green: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1641. William Ivie and Flora Bingley: Marriage Lic.

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Ivy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States17,0801:21,2212,680
Bangladesh2,4331:65,4983,262
Kenya9741:47,4134,865
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Jamaica1751:16,4001,534
Liberia1581:27,9022,699
China1571:8,709,055578
Singapore1331:41,4111,573
Canada1251:294,76527,374
Australia1211:223,10521,260
South Africa1011:536,41342,583
Botswana991:22,0904,408
England721:773,86242,299
Malaysia631:468,16223,720
Indonesia531:2,495,268147,726
India421:18,263,461278,402
Solomon Islands381:15,2642,918
Nigeria271:6,560,843154,927
New Zealand251:181,13319,287
Brazil191:11,267,070228,483
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Hong Kong181:407,5273,230
Philippines151:6,749,215188,373
Israel141:611,26042,949
Chile111:1,601,49826,155
Iran101:7,678,252153,484
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Vietnam61:15,441,0093,090
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Macau31:200,543803
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
Guyana31:254,07411,262
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
France21:33,211,361423,184
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Belize11:355,4743,977
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1221:199,79815,918
Wales31:522,80514,314
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,1111:16,1422,049

Ivy (284,346) may also be a first name.

Ivy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Ive,' from the pet-form Ivie or Ivey; compare Charley and Charlie, v. Ive.

1595. Married — Marke Ivy and Mary Green: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1641. William Ivie and Flora Bingley: Marriage Lic. (London).

1808. Benjamin Ellis and Elizabeth Ivey: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

1 = Ive (q.v.) + the English diminutive suff. -y, -ie.

2 the plant-name [Old English ífig]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

V. Ivey.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Ivo (yew); one who came from St. Ives, the name of several places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

May be the same as Ive, or a derivative of it; but there was a favourite character in the old Christmas games called Ivy, whose antagonist was Holly; and the frolics of the Holly-Boy and the Ivy-Girl were maintained in Kent (but on St. Valentine's day) till towards the close of the eighteenth cent. Gent. Mag. 1779. See the song of the "Holly and Ivy" quoted in Hone's Mysteries, p. 94, where Ivy is made to be of the feminine gender:

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Same as Ive; corrupted from Ιωαυυης, i. e. John. compare Mac Ivor, from Mac-Ian-Mohr, pron. Mac-Ia-vor, the son of Big John.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From Ivoi, near Namur. Geoffry de Ivoi had a pardon in Oxfordshire 1156, and Geoffry de Ivei occurs 1157 (Rot. Pip.).

The Norman People (1874)

Ivey is a name that has been represented in Egloshayle, in the forms of Ivy and Ivye, as far back as the reign of Henry VIII. (M.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Ivy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ivy Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ivy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻓﻲ) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ivy? popularity and diffusion

It is the 24,129th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 325,032 people. The last name Ivy occurs mostly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Ivy reside; 77 percent reside in North America and 77 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Ivy is also the 3,700th most common first name world-wide, borne by 284,346 people.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 17,080 people, or 1 in 21,221. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 20 percent are found, Mississippi, where 10 percent are found and Missouri, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States Ivy is found in 74 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 11 percent are found and Kenya, where 4 percent are found.

Ivy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ivy has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 549 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 41 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ivy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Ivy surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Ivy surname are 8.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.94% being registered with the party.

The amount Ivy earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 20.05% less than the national average, earning R 189,984 per year; in United States they earn 13.45% less than the national average, earning $37,346 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.08% less than the national average, earning $48,151 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ivey8633,898/
Ivoy861,845/
Ivay8654/
Ivyy8649/
Isvy8642/
Aivy8629/
Ivys8628/
Ivyo865/
Ivyi862/
Ivyh862/
Givy862/
Hivy861/
Uivy861/
Ivyz861/
Ivhy861/
Iovy861/
Ijvy861/
Iviy860/
Ivaya751,729/
Eivay75129/
Givey7532/
Jivay7522/
Iveys7516/
Hivey7513/
Jiviy757/
Giviy755/
Heivy755/
Aivay755/
Aivey753/
Uivay753/
Givay752/
Iveey752/
Eivey751/
Ivooy751/
Itvay751/
Jivey751/
Hivay751/
Hivoy751/
Jivoy751/
Yivey751/
Haivy751/
Ichvy751/
Hisvy750/
Ivouy750/
Iva6722,799/
Ive672,652/
Ivi671,047/
Iby67370/
Evy67279/
Aivaya67137/
Jivaya6717/
Yvy678/
Iwy678/
Jvy676/
Huivey675/
Ivj675/
Gaiviy674/
Givaya671/
Huivay671/
Ivê671/
Haivay671/
Heivey670/

Ivy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ivy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻓﻲafy-

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