Keving Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Keving Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Keving Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Keving (260) may also be a first name.

Keving Last Name Facts

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

Keving is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Keving.

How Common Is The Last Name Keving? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,587,209th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 58 percent of Keving live; 58 percent live in Oceania Islands and 58 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 552,051st most common forename worldwide, borne by 260 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Keving is most numerous in: Morobe, where 43 percent reside, Western Highlands, where 43 percent reside and National Capital District, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 8 percent reside and Brazil, where 8 percent reside.

Keving Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Keving has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kevings9215/
Kejving9213/
Kevieng922/
Koeving920/
Kaving8354/
Kevinc8318/
Kiving8316/
Keveng834/
Koving831/
Kewoing7745/
Kajving7717/
Kavaing778/
Kaiving776/
Kavieng773/
Cheving772/
Kewuing771/
Kioving771/
Keaveng770/
Kaweng67583/
Kivung67492/
Kavung67274/
Kaveng6742/
Koweng6736/
Kevenk6728/
Kovung6716/
Kiwung6714/
Caving6710/
Coving677/
Kiveng676/
Kaewhieng675/
Koveng671/
Kewung671/
Kovink670/

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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 Keving
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