Sauvy Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Sauvy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 176 | 1:377,402 | 56,030 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Sauvy (14) may also be a first name.
Sauvy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sauvy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sauvy is borne by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sauvy? popularity and diffusion
Sauvy is the 1,263,456th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. The last name Sauvy is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Sauvy reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 14 people.
Sauvy is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 176 people, or 1 in 377,402. In France it is most common in: Occitanie, where 51 percent live, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 22 percent live and Île-de-France, where 13 percent live. Other than France this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
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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 Sauvy
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