Severev Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Severev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Severev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Russia41:36,030,764577,589

The alternate forms: Ševerev (15) are calculated separately.

Severev Last Name Facts

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

The last name Severev (Russian: Северев) is held by more people in Belarus than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Ševerev. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Severev? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,391,485th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. Severev occurs predominantly in Europe, where 62 percent of Severev are found; 62 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 62 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Severev is most commonly used in Belarus, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 1,900,212. In Belarus Severev is primarily found in: Gomel Region, where 80 percent live and Minsk, where 20 percent live. Beside Belarus this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 31 percent live and Russia, where 31 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Severev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Severev in the Russian language
Северевseverev-

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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 Severev
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