Lyven Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Lyven Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 72 | 1:632,260 | 68,217 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
The alternate forms: Lyvén (7) are calculated separately.
Lyven (40) may also be a first name.
Lyven Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lyven Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lyven is carried by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Lyvén. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lyven? popularity and diffusion
Lyven is the 2,185,341st most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Lyven live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Lyven is also the 1,614,485th most numerous forename in the world It is held by 40 people.
The surname Lyven is most widespread in Ukraine, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 632,260. In Ukraine Lyven is mostly found in: Lviv Oblast, where 24 percent live, Ternopil Oblast, where 19 percent live and Donetsk Oblast, where 14 percent live. Not including Ukraine this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live.
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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 Lyven
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