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

The surname Lives (Russian: Ливес) is found most in Iran. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lives? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 945,594th most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Lives reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Lives is also the 980,251st most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 94 people.

Lives is most prevalent in Iran, where it is held by 273 people, or 1 in 281,255. In Iran Lives is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 32 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 26 percent live and Gilan Province, where 10 percent live. Excluding Iran this surname occurs 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 frequency of Lives has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Lives surname fell 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

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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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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