Sauvé Surname

477,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 700 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Sauvé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sauvé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada5731:64,3037,493
France501:1,328,454133,611
Netherlands371:456,41045,371
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

The alternate forms: Sauve (16,004) are calculated separately.

Sauvé Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sauvé is more commonly found in Canada than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Sauve. Click here for other potential spellings of Sauvé.

How Common Is The Last Name Sauvé? popularity and diffusion

Sauvé is the 477,400th most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 10,410,780 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Sauvé reside; 84 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Gallo-North America.

This last name is most commonly held in Canada, where it is held by 573 people, or 1 in 64,303. In Canada it is most frequent in: Quebec, where 82 percent live, Ontario, where 14 percent live and British Columbia, where 3 percent live. Beside Canada Sauvé occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in France, where 7 percent live and The Netherlands, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sauve9316,004/
Sauvée9136/
Suvé898/
Sauva80277/
Sauvy80182/
Sauvi80107/
Suvée8044/
Savér8010/
Cauvé807/
Savéa801/
Sauvey73831/
Seauve73373/
Sauvet73308/
Sauvee73211/
Sauvie73146/
Sauvez73105/
Sauver7343/
Sauves7314/
Chauvé7312/
Seauvy739/
Saueva737/
Shauvi734/
Sauvoy733/
Sauvay732/
Sahuvi732/
Sauvaj731/
Sajuvi731/
Sauvis731/
Sayuve731/
Shauva731/
Sauvai731/
Saiuve731/
Scauve731/
Sauveu731/
Sauvit731/
Sava6746,221/
Savi6725,377/
Suva677,327/
Save676,853/
Savy674,954/
Suvi671,025/
Suve67497/
Cavé67174/
Shauver67126/
Juvé6731/
Sabé6724/
Shaueva6711/
Savá673/
Szauver673/
Javé672/
Suvy672/
Savj671/
Sauvais671/
Sahuevi671/
Sauvich671/
Saví671/
Subé671/
Sceauvy671/
Sauvaya671/
Suvá671/
Schauva671/
Sauieva671/
Sauveth670/

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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 Sauvé
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