Siva Surname
Approximately 30,314 people bear this surname
Siva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 11,037 | 1:1,885 | 265 |
| India | 9,134 | 1:83,979 | 5,632 |
| Philippines | 2,342 | 1:43,227 | 6,902 |
| United Arab Emirates | 726 | 1:12,620 | 1,565 |
| United States | 725 | 1:499,943 | 42,050 |
| Brazil | 701 | 1:305,384 | 11,775 |
| Saudi Arabia | 596 | 1:51,772 | 7,760 |
| Canada | 475 | 1:77,570 | 8,712 |
| France | 428 | 1:155,193 | 24,084 |
| Malaysia | 389 | 1:75,821 | 5,426 |
| England | 372 | 1:149,780 | 14,332 |
| Kenya | 342 | 1:135,029 | 11,055 |
| Singapore | 312 | 1:17,653 | 727 |
| Kuwait | 299 | 1:12,711 | 1,729 |
| Oman | 272 | 1:13,559 | 1,553 |
| Portugal | 264 | 1:39,463 | 2,350 |
| Australia | 253 | 1:106,702 | 11,948 |
| Qatar | 159 | 1:14,830 | 1,610 |
| Bahrain | 132 | 1:10,217 | 1,962 |
| Papua New Guinea | 130 | 1:62,721 | 8,130 |
| Indonesia | 123 | 1:1,075,197 | 77,786 |
| Cambodia | 113 | 1:137,054 | 2,666 |
| Venezuela | 101 | 1:299,050 | 6,909 |
| Turkey | 95 | 1:819,173 | 39,788 |
| South Africa | 70 | 1:773,967 | 53,253 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Belgium | 56 | 1:205,297 | 26,724 |
| Russia | 50 | 1:2,882,461 | 158,532 |
| Thailand | 50 | 1:1,412,767 | 195,138 |
| New Zealand | 46 | 1:98,442 | 13,260 |
| Solomon Islands | 46 | 1:12,609 | 2,306 |
| Israel | 38 | 1:225,201 | 21,188 |
| Greece | 28 | 1:395,707 | 52,747 |
| Mexico | 28 | 1:4,433,079 | 27,489 |
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| Northern Cyprus | 22 | 1:14,500 | 3,711 |
| Nepal | 20 | 1:1,424,048 | 7,048 |
| Slovakia | 19 | 1:280,866 | 41,728 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Colombia | 13 | 1:3,674,929 | 15,922 |
| Norway | 13 | 1:395,560 | 35,657 |
| Afghanistan | 9 | 1:3,572,576 | 20,130 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Mauritius | 7 | 1:184,774 | 8,416 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Brunei | 3 | 1:139,577 | 3,009 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 3 | 1:59,141 | 2,796 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1:1,143,919 | 35,564 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
The alternate forms: Sivá (292) & Šiva (1) are calculated separately.
Siva (409,227) may also be a first name.
Siva Demographics
Average Siva Salary in
United States
$49,520 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Siva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Siva Come From? nationality or country of origin
Siva (Bengali: শিব, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﻔﺎ, Hindi: सीवा, Marathi: सीवा, Oriya: ଶିବ, Russian: Сива, Tibetan: ཤི་བཱ་) is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Sivá or Šiva. Click here for other possible spellings of Siva.
How Common Is The Last Name Siva? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 18,205th most frequent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 240,402 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Siva reside; 67 percent reside in South Asia and 67 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Siva is also the 2,519th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 409,227 people.
This surname is most widespread in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 11,037 people, or 1 in 1,885. Excluding Sri Lanka it occurs in 104 countries. It is also found in India, where 30 percent are found and The Philippines, where 8 percent are found.
Siva Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Siva has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 3,452 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Siva Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Unitarian (80%) in Ireland, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (89%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Siva last name are 16.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.25% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Siva earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 29.38% more than the national average, earning R 307,452 per year; in Colombia they earn 136.57% more than the national average, earning $53,706,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.77% more than the national average, earning $49,520 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.81% more than the national average, earning $55,052 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Siva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Siva in the Marathi language | ||
| सीवा | siva | 93.33 |
| शीवा | siva | 6.67 |
| Siva in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶିବ | siba | 87.5 |
| ଶିବା | siba | 5.59 |
| ସିବ | siba | 2.13 |
| ଶିଭ | sibha | 1.33 |
| ଶିୱା | siwa | 1.06 |
| ସିବା | siba | 0.8 |
| ଶୀବା | siba | 0.53 |
| ସିଭା | sibha | 0.53 |
| ଶୀୱା | siwa | 0.27 |
| ଶିଭା | sibha | 0.27 |
| Siva in the Hindi language | ||
| सीवा | siva | 73.38 |
| सिवा | siva | 23.11 |
| शिवा | siva | 1.75 |
| शिव | siva | 0.44 |
| सेवा | seva | 0.11 |
| सीबा | siba | 0.11 |
| Siva in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻴﻔﺎ | syfa | 50 |
| ﺳﻔﺎ | sfa | 50 |
| Siva in the Bengali language | ||
| শিব | siba | 50 |
| সিবা | siba | 25 |
| শিবা | siba | 25 |
| Siva in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤི་བཱ་ | shiba | 40 |
| ཤི་བ་ | shiwa | 40 |
| སི་བཱ་ | siba | 20 |
| Siva in the Russian language | ||
| Сива | siva | - |
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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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