Livén Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Livén Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Livén Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden501:196,93513,646
Finland61:916,11741,832
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Liven (394) are calculated separately.

Livén Last Name Facts

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

The surname Livén occurs most in Sweden. It can also be found in the variant forms: Liven. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Livén? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,555,468th most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Livén live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname Livén is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 196,935. In Sweden Livén is most numerous in: Stockholm County, where 24 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 24 percent live and Skåne County, where 12 percent live. Aside from Sweden this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 11 percent live and Norway, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Liven93394/
Lithvén834/
Livin80857/
Levén80361/
Lavén80298/
Lyvén807/
Litvin7314,623/
Lievin732,088/
Living731,612/
Lieven731,369/
Livina73398/
Livent73165/
Livine73122/
Livint7391/
Litvín7367/
Livijn7365/
Livene7364/
Litven7364/
Livain7363/
Livion7338/
Liveng7330/
Laiven7320/
Livayn7317/
Litvyn7314/
Leivyn7311/
Liovin7310/
Leiven739/
Livean737/
Laivin735/
Livien735/
Livein733/
Lisvin733/
Lihven733/
Laivyn732/
Livend732/
Livind732/
Liveen731/
Loiven731/
Livinh731/
Livinț731/
Leivin731/
Liwéne731/
Loivin730/
Litvine67535/
Lievain67170/
Laivina67134/
Llivina6798/
Livigne6754/
Livitin6750/
Leivent6730/
Liveing6725/
Liovina6713/
Liveten6711/
Leivyna678/
Leivine676/
Livienė674/
Leivean674/
Lievina674/
Laivyna673/
Lisveen672/
Ålivien672/
Lishvin672/
Laiving672/
Litvein671/
Laivene671/
Layiven671/
Leivien671/
Leivein671/
Loiving671/
Littvin671/
Leivina671/
Leiving671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Livén
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