Octave Surname
Approximately 5,470 people bear this surname
Octave Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 1,637 | 1:8,303 | 1,149 |
| Ethiopia | 1,610 | 1:60,588 | 6,165 |
| France | 495 | 1:134,187 | 20,514 |
| Haiti | 472 | 1:22,635 | 1,816 |
| Saint Lucia | 359 | 1:498 | 92 |
| United States | 327 | 1:1,108,437 | 80,126 |
| Belgium | 207 | 1:55,539 | 9,004 |
| England | 115 | 1:484,505 | 31,272 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 33 | 1:41,333 | 3,849 |
| Seychelles | 29 | 1:3,186 | 566 |
| Canada | 28 | 1:1,315,914 | 92,927 |
| Brazil | 27 | 1:7,928,679 | 178,836 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 9 | 1:11,019 | 1,084 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:22,075 | 2,767 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| Barbados | 4 | 1:71,862 | 1,737 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 61 | 1:823,257 | 50,999 |
The alternate forms: Octavé (1) are calculated separately.
Octave (16,254) may also be a first name.
Octave Demographics
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Octave Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Octave Come From? nationality or country of origin
Octave is more frequently found in Chad than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Octavé. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Octave? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 87,898th most prevalent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,332,275 people. Octave is mostly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Octave live; 30 percent live in East Africa and 30 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 43,954th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, held by 16,254 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Chad, where it is held by 1,637 people, or 1 in 8,303. Not including Chad this last name occurs in 37 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 29 percent reside and France, where 9 percent reside.
Octave Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Octave has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Octave last name increased 536 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 11,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Octave Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Octave last name are 7.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.29% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Octave earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 6.79% more than the national average, earning $46,080 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.83% less than the national average, earning $41,321 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Octavé | 94 | 1 | / |
| Octaves | 92 | 1 | / |
| Octava | 83 | 174 | / |
| Octavi | 83 | 69 | / |
| Octive | 83 | 28 | / |
| Octavy | 83 | 4 | / |
| Octove | 83 | 2 | / |
| Oktave | 83 | 2 | / |
| Octabe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Octavio | 77 | 11,647 | / |
| Oktavie | 77 | 126 | / |
| Oktavea | 77 | 8 | / |
| Octavis | 77 | 2 | / |
| Octavip | 77 | 1 | / |
| Octavyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Octeeve | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ooctavio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Occtavio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Active | 67 | 179 | / |
| Oktava | 67 | 127 | / |
| Oktavi | 67 | 57 | / |
| Octawa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Octoba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Octaba | 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 Octave
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