Lövey Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Lövey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lövey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary1101:89,2398,806
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Lovey (1,938) are calculated separately.

Lövey Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lövey occurs most in Hungary. It can also occur as: Lovey. For other potential spellings of Lövey click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lövey? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lövey is the 1,718,748th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Lövey live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Hungary, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 89,239. In Hungary it is mostly found in: Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 35 percent live, Budapest, where 32 percent live and Zala County, where 12 percent live. Barring Hungary Lövey exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 2 percent live and Norway, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lovey931,938/
Löve89115/
Lövy8914/
Levey805,895/
Lavey801,607/
Lövei80911/
Löved8023/
Löves8011/
Löver809/
Lövet802/
Löwey801/
Leevey7381/
Lavhey7362/
Laevey7323/
Laveya7320/
Lövesz7314/
Leveye736/
Laveye731/
Loveyi731/
Lavehy731/
Loveya731/
Loveyo731/
Love67167,351/
Löwe677,238/
Leve673,038/
Lave672,102/
Lewy671,441/
Löbe67592/
Löwy67346/
Lövehed679/
Lèvy675/
Hlaveya674/
Lövi672/
Léve672/
D'Lavey671/
Lovejiy670/

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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 Lövey
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