Scriven Surname

64,394th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,767 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Nauru

Scriven Surname Definition:

(Anglo-French-Latin) Scribe, Public Writer,Clerk [Middle English scrivein, scriveyn, scrivayn, etc. (the surname ‘Scrivener,’etc., is a later form with the agential suff. -er), Old French escrivain (French écrivain), Low Latin scriban-us, from Latin scriba, a scribe] Margaret Scrivein.

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Scriven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,7091:20,5682,907
United States2,5291:143,32114,846
Australia1,1271:23,9543,282
South Africa5571:97,26711,843
Canada3151:116,97012,402
Wales1591:19,4622,076
Bahamas671:5,847555
Ireland611:77,1964,645
New Zealand461:98,44213,260
Scotland391:137,2778,372
France251:2,656,909193,074
Jersey201:4,960981
Spain161:2,922,00263,384
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Nauru91:1,320249
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland531:83,5825,769
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4551:16,7532,449
Wales391:40,2162,129
Jersey111:4,717830
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4051:123,99712,024

Scriven (96) may also be a first name.

Scriven Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Anglo-French-Latin) Scribe, Public Writer,Clerk [Middle English scrivein, scriveyn, scrivayn, etc. (the surname ‘Scrivener,’etc., is a later form with the agential suff. -er), Old French escrivain (French écrivain), Low Latin scriban-us, from Latin scriba, a scribe] Margaret Scrivein.—Hund. Rolls, A.D. 1274.

Johannes Scryvener.—Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.

Adam Scriveyn, if ever it thee bifalle Bœce or Troylus for to writen newe, Under thy long lokkes thou most have the scalle [scab] But after my making thou write more trewe.—Chaucer's Words unto Adam, his owne Scriveyn.

(English) ‘Scriven’ is also from the W. Yorks place-name Scriven, Domesday Scravinge, O.Angl. *Scræfingum, dat. of *Scræfingas = the Scræf Family [the pers. name is apparently a form of the Old English scræb, m., a bird-name (perh. that of the cormorant) + the pl. of the son suff. -ing] ‘William de Skrevyn’ occurs in a Yorkshire record of 1309-10.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

1. Old French, escrivain, a writer, scribe. 2. A township in the parish of Knaresborough, co. York.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Yorkshire Orfrom the Flemish, Schrievens; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Scriven is an old clerical name in the county. Two rectors of Harpole bore the name in the first half of last century and at the close of the previous century (B.), and one of the rectors of Twy well during the past century was similarly named (Wh.). There is a memorial in Rowell church to Samuel Scriven, gent., who died in 1713 at the age of 23 (Cy.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Scriven Last Name Facts

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

The last name Scriven is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Scriven? popularity and diffusion

The surname Scriven is the 64,394th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 938,270 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 40 percent of Scriven live; 38 percent live in Northern Europe and 38 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 968,397th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 96 people.

This last name is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 2,709 people, or 1 in 20,568. In England Scriven is most frequent in: West Midlands, where 12 percent live, Greater London, where 11 percent live and Somerset, where 8 percent live. Outside of England this last name occurs in 38 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent live and Australia, where 15 percent live.

Scriven Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Scriven has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Scriven last name increased 186 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 624 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 408 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 115 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 557 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Scriven Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Scriven surname is predominantly Catholic (96%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Scriven last name are 6.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.36% being registered with the political party.

The amount Scriven earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.15% more than the national average, earning R 432,864 per year; in United States they earn 8.33% less than the national average, earning $39,554 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.52% more than the national average, earning $51,433 CAD per year.

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Scriven Reference & Research

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