Scriven Surname
Approximately 7,767 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameScriven Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,709 | 1:20,568 | 2,907 |
| United States | 2,529 | 1:143,321 | 14,846 |
| Australia | 1,127 | 1:23,954 | 3,282 |
| South Africa | 557 | 1:97,267 | 11,843 |
| Canada | 315 | 1:116,970 | 12,402 |
| Wales | 159 | 1:19,462 | 2,076 |
| Bahamas | 67 | 1:5,847 | 555 |
| Ireland | 61 | 1:77,196 | 4,645 |
| New Zealand | 46 | 1:98,442 | 13,260 |
| Scotland | 39 | 1:137,277 | 8,372 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| Jersey | 20 | 1:4,960 | 981 |
| Spain | 16 | 1:2,922,002 | 63,384 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Nauru | 9 | 1:1,320 | 249 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 53 | 1:83,582 | 5,769 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,455 | 1:16,753 | 2,449 |
| Wales | 39 | 1:40,216 | 2,129 |
| Jersey | 11 | 1:4,717 | 830 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 405 | 1:123,997 | 12,024 |
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.
1. Old French, escrivain, a writer, scribe. 2. A township in the parish of Knaresborough, co. York.
A location name in Yorkshire Orfrom the Flemish, Schrievens; a personal name.
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.).
Scriven Demographics
Scriven Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Ireland
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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schriven | 93 | 3 | / |
| Scrivenn | 93 | 1 | / |
| Sriven | 92 | 7 | / |
| Criven | 92 | 0 | / |
| Schrijven | 88 | 5 | / |
| Schrieven | 88 | 1 | / |
| Screven | 86 | 170 | / |
| Scrivin | 86 | 135 | / |
| Skriven | 86 | 4 | / |
| Shriven | 86 | 2 | / |
| Sriveng | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chriven | 86 | 1 | / |
| Schreven | 80 | 448 | / |
| Creivean | 80 | 5 | / |
| Sriveing | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sriveang | 80 | 1 | / |
| Screeven | 80 | 1 | / |
| Scrivine | 80 | 0 | / |
| Shriveen | 80 | 0 | / |
| Creven | 77 | 18 | / |
| Crivin | 77 | 5 | / |
| Schreeven | 75 | 5 | / |
| Srivichen | 75 | 2 | / |
| Schreyven | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sribhen | 71 | 14 | / |
| Shreven | 71 | 13 | / |
| Crevean | 71 | 3 | / |
| Srivina | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sriving | 71 | 1 | / |
| Screvin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sriweang | 67 | 4 | / |
| Scribine | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chrivine | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jreivene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Crayvenn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Srivinth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shriving | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sriwichen | 63 | 1 | / |
| Jreiveine | 63 | 1 | / |
| Crevin | 62 | 81 | / |
| Schryvinck | 59 | 1 | / |
| Jreivin | 57 | 2 | / |
| Sreving | 57 | 0 | / |
| Sriwaing | 53 | 2 | / |
| Sreevina | 53 | 1 | / |
| Sriwisin | 53 | 1 | / |
| J'Reivine | 50 | 33 | / |
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