Löve Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Löve Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 86 | 1:4,420 | 558 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Love (167,351), Lové (2) & Lovè (1) are calculated separately.
Löve Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Löve Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Löve is found most frequently in Iceland. It may also occur as: Love, Lové or Lovè. Click here for further possible spellings of Löve.
How Common Is The Last Name Löve? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,701,480th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Löve are found; 97 percent are found in Northern Europe and 87 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name is most numerous in Iceland, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 4,420. In Iceland it is most prevalent in: Capital Region, where 92 percent are found and Northeastern Region, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Iceland this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 11 percent are found and Estonia, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Love | 92 | 167,351 | / |
| Lövei | 89 | 911 | / |
| Lövey | 89 | 113 | / |
| Löved | 89 | 23 | / |
| Löves | 89 | 11 | / |
| Löver | 89 | 9 | / |
| Lövet | 89 | 2 | / |
| Lové | 83 | 2 | / |
| Lovè | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lövesz | 80 | 14 | / |
| Löwe | 75 | 7,238 | / |
| Leve | 75 | 3,038 | / |
| Lave | 75 | 2,102 | / |
| Löbe | 75 | 592 | / |
| Lövy | 75 | 14 | / |
| Lövi | 75 | 2 | / |
| Léve | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lövehed | 73 | 9 | / |
| Llave | 67 | 9,516 | / |
| Lavie | 67 | 5,952 | / |
| Levey | 67 | 5,895 | / |
| Löber | 67 | 3,021 | / |
| Levie | 67 | 2,036 | / |
| Lovey | 67 | 1,938 | / |
| Löwer | 67 | 1,747 | / |
| Lavey | 67 | 1,607 | / |
| Lovie | 67 | 1,250 | / |
| Levee | 67 | 1,123 | / |
| Lavea | 67 | 987 | / |
| Loeve | 67 | 752 | / |
| Lleve | 67 | 506 | / |
| Lohve | 67 | 308 | / |
| Lovee | 67 | 204 | / |
| Laveh | 67 | 166 | / |
| Lavee | 67 | 153 | / |
| Levea | 67 | 102 | / |
| Lovei | 67 | 76 | / |
| Leeve | 67 | 69 | / |
| Loveu | 67 | 50 | / |
| Levei | 67 | 49 | / |
| Lovea | 67 | 43 | / |
| Lavei | 67 | 39 | / |
| Loveh | 67 | 27 | / |
| Liave | 67 | 21 | / |
| Laveu | 67 | 15 | / |
| Löwes | 67 | 10 | / |
| Leveh | 67 | 10 | / |
| Laeve | 67 | 10 | / |
| Lövői | 67 | 8 | / |
| Laave | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hlove | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hlave | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lov'e | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lyave | 67 | 4 | / |
| Leuve | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lahve | 67 | 3 | / |
| Llove | 67 | 3 | / |
| Löwed | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hleve | 67 | 2 | / |
| L'Ave | 67 | 1 | / |
| Löwey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Löwet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Löveiová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leveu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Löve
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