Sive Surname
Approximately 8,723 people bear this surname
Sive Surname Definition:
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Sive Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 8,034 | 1:3,393 | 791 |
| South Africa | 152 | 1:356,432 | 32,570 |
| Papua New Guinea | 150 | 1:54,358 | 6,878 |
| United States | 98 | 1:3,698,561 | 204,970 |
| Brazil | 49 | 1:4,368,864 | 116,514 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Solomon Islands | 21 | 1:27,620 | 5,477 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| New Zealand | 17 | 1:266,372 | 23,826 |
| Turkey | 16 | 1:4,863,839 | 107,230 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
The alternate forms: Sivé (3) are calculated separately.
Sive (3,716) may also be a first name.
Sive Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
See Seeff.
Sive Demographics
Average Sive Salary in
United States
$60,467 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sive Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sive Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sive (Hindi: शिव, Russian: Сивье) is found in Mozambique more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Sivé. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sive? popularity and diffusion
It is the 58,005th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 835,440 people. Sive is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Sive live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. Sive is also the 115,566th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 3,716 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Mozambique, where it is carried by 8,034 people, or 1 in 3,393. Barring Mozambique it exists in 42 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.
Sive Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Sive surname is chiefly Jewish (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Sive surname are 14.95% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 68.18% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sive earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 14.55% more than the national average, earning R 272,208 per year and in United States they earn 40.14% more than the national average, earning $60,467 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sive Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sive in the Hindi language | ||
| शिव | siva | 85.71 |
| सीवे | sive | 7.14 |
| शिवदेवी | sivadevi | 7.14 |
| Sive in the Russian language | ||
| Сивье | sive | - |
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Footnotes
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