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

The surname Quivy is most common in Belgium. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Quivy.

How Common Is The Last Name Quivy? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,666,404th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Quivy are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 82 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

Quivy is most frequent in Belgium, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 130,644. In Belgium Quivy is primarily concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 42 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 41 percent reside and Flemish Region, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Belgium this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in France, where 19 percent reside and China, where 2 percent reside.

Quivy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Quivy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Quivy surname declined 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
  • 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 Quivy
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