Rouvière Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Rouvière Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rouvière Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France901:738,03091,686
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363

The alternate forms: Rouviere (2,463) & Rouviére (1) are calculated separately.

Rouvière Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rouvière is found most in France. It may also be rendered as a variant: Rouviere or Rouviére. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rouvière? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,839,022nd most numerous last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Rouvière reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 738,030. In France Rouvière is most numerous in: Île-de-France, where 54 percent are found, Occitanie, where 20 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 18 percent are found. Not including France this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 4 percent are found and Switzerland, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rouviere962,463/
Rouviére961/
Roubière888/
Rouvier802,848/
Ruviere8031/
Roviere805/
Roubiere7545/
Rouvieri751/
Rauviere750/
Rovier7120/
Ruvier713/
Rovjir711/
Robiere67204/
Ruviera67145/
Ruvieri67126/
Roviera67115/
Roubier6793/
Rovieri6750/
Rubiere6722/
Raviere6721/
Rubiire671/
Roviira671/
Rosvier671/
Ruviéri671/

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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 Rouvière
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