Quivy Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Quivy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Quivy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium881:130,64418,923
France231:2,887,944200,772
China21:683,660,78330,601
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

Quivy Last Name Facts

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

Quivy is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Quivy? popularity and diffusion

The last name Quivy is the 1,666,404th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. The surname Quivy occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Quivy live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Quivy is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 130,644. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Walloon Region, where 42 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 41 percent are found and Flemish Region, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Belgium it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in France, where 19 percent are found and China, where 2 percent are found.

Quivy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Quivy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Quivy last name decreased 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Quivey91186/
Quivoy9114/
Quivay914/
Quivooy8342/
Quive8010,616/
Quevy80476/
Quévy8057/
Quiby8022/
Quivi807/
Guivy805/
Kuivy801/
Quiboy73624/
Quives73282/
Quivet73138/
Quiver73135/
Quivis7367/
Quibay7333/
Quiveu7317/
Guivay733/
Quijva732/
Quived732/
Quivai732/
Quevys731/
Qwivey731/
Quevoy731/
Quieve731/
Quoiby731/
Quibey731/
Quevey730/
Quisby730/
Quivez730/
Quaive730/
Quaiver6747/
Quisver6717/
Quivaja675/
Kivy673/
Qjvy671/
Qivi671/
Quibaya671/
Quoibay671/
Quijvit671/

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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 Quivy
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