Lives Surname

945,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 277 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Lives Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lives Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran2731:281,25520,400
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Lives (94) may also be a first name.

Lives Last Name Facts

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

Lives (Russian: Ливес) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lives? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 945,594th most widely held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Lives are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 980,251st most numerous given name at a global level, held by 94 people.

The last name Lives is most commonly used in Iran, where it is held by 273 people, or 1 in 281,255. In Iran it is most prevalent in: Tehran Province, where 32 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 26 percent live and Gilan Province, where 10 percent live. Aside from Iran Lives is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

Lives Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lives has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Lives last name decreased 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Livets9114/
Lieves915/
Livesh914/
Livese914/
Liveus912/
Luives912/
Laives911/
Livees911/
Leives911/
L'Ives911/
Liuves911/
Livest910/
Livess910/
Livies910/
Live892,116/
Litvets8314/
Leivese830/
Livet802,926/
Llive801,211/
Liver801,098/
Libes80561/
Livie80406/
Lived80288/
Livis80254/
Leive80253/
Leves80251/
Lieve80228/
Liwes80143/
Livey80126/
Laive8040/
Livei8027/
Liove8018/
Loive8012/
Livez808/
Livee807/
Livea805/
Luves802/
Liveh802/
Livex802/
Lyves801/
Lèves801/
Livec800/
Livesche7729/
Livesova771/
Leaves734,052/
Lewies732,545/
Libese731,170/
Livett73736/
Leeves73467/
Livise73348/
Liebes73334/
Liewes73265/
Loivet73117/
Litver7383/
Leveus7380/
Leiwes7330/
Lyvets7328/
Levesh7318/
Lhiver7317/
Libets7316/
Levets7312/
Limpes7311/
Levies7310/
Leveis7310/
Laivys739/
Livhis738/
Livice738/
Livois738/
Leivis737/
Liebis737/
Levest737/
Liwies737/
Lliver736/
Lisvey736/
Libeus736/
Livais735/
Livios735/
Leiver734/
Luwies734/
Laibes734/
Loiver734/
Lleves734/
Lebies733/
Laiver732/
Livish732/
Liweis732/
Leyves732/
Luvies732/
Lisvet732/
Libies732/
Luvees731/
Liuvis731/
Liverz731/
Levess731/
Leivea731/
Leivey731/
Glieve731/
Levese731/
Leibes731/
Liwese731/
Leivee731/
Libeds731/
Libesh731/
Llivet731/
Lievie731/
Luiwes730/
Libest730/
Liewis730/
Luibes730/
Lievey730/
Livgey730/
Leivie730/
Leichveis711/
Liva676,008/
Livi675,958/
Leve673,038/
Libe672,440/
Liwe67816/
Livy67207/
Lievois67167/
Libesch6718/
Lieverz6717/
L'Hiver6713/
Litvish678/
Loitved678/
Livehed678/
Libeesh673/
Littver672/
Lyve672/
Leichveist672/
Léve672/
Leaveus671/
Leavhes671/
Liebish671/
Logiues671/
Liebeus671/
Liewies671/
Lysvets671/
Leivais670/
Lahieve670/
Leivett670/
Livetch670/
Leivish670/

Lives Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lives in the Russian language
Ливесlives-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lives
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