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
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Sive Demographics
Sive Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sive Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sive Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sive (Hindi: शिव, Russian: Сивье) has its highest incidence in Mozambique. It can also occur as: Sivé. Click here for further possible spellings of Sive.
How Common Is The Last Name Sive? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sive is the 58,005th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 835,440 people. The surname 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 frequently held forename internationally It is held by 3,716 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Mozambique, where it is carried by 8,034 people, or 1 in 3,393. Not including Mozambique Sive occurs in 42 countries. It is also common 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 carrying the last name is chiefly Jewish (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Sive last name are 14.95% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 68.18% being registered to vote for the political 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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