Le Cleve Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Le Cleve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Le Cleve Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France261:2,554,720189,486
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Le Clève (1) are calculated separately.

Le Cleve Last Name Facts

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

The surname Le Cleve is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Le Clève. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Le Cleve? popularity and diffusion

The surname Le Cleve is the 3,798,600th most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. Le Cleve occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Le Cleve are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Le Cleve is most frequently used in France, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 2,554,720. In France Le Cleve is most common in: Pays de la Loire, where 96 percent reside and Brittany, where 4 percent reside. Barring France Le Cleve exists in one country. It is also found in Belgium, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Le Clève961/
Le Clesve941/
Lecleve93177/
Le Calve88664/
Le Claive8212/
Lia Cleve821/
Le Calv80669/
Le Clef80157/
Lecalve8019/
Le Clue8013/
Leclève801/
Le Calvé7584/
La Clave757/
Le Cleff752/
Le-Calve752/
Lecalvee751/
Leclef71422/
Le Khlive711/
Lecalvi67171/
Laclave6756/
Lecalva6710/
Lechlef677/
La Clef677/
Legleva672/
Lagleve671/
Leach Love671/
Lukelev671/
Lacalve671/
Leklive671/
Lakelev671/
Le-Clue671/

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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 Le Cleve
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