Spiva Surname

244,303rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,631 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Spiva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spiva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5531:233,39322,455
South Africa751:722,36951,132
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1351:371,99028,019

Spiva (14) may also be a first name.

Spiva Last Name Facts

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

Spiva (Russian: Спива) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spiva? popularity and diffusion

The surname Spiva is the 244,303rd most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,468,146 people. The last name Spiva is predominantly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Spiva are found; 95 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Spiva is also the 3,024,661st most widely held forename in the world, borne by 14 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 1,553 people, or 1 in 233,393. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 16 percent live, Oklahoma, where 10 percent live and Georgia, where 10 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 5 percent live and Argentina, where 0 percent live.

Spiva Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Spiva has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Spiva last name rose 1,150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Spiva Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Spiva last name are 25.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72% registered with the party.

The amount Spiva earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 67.35% more than the national average, earning R 397,692 per year and in United States they earn 4.99% less than the national average, earning $40,998 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spivay912/
Spivap911/
Spivat910/
Spaiva910/
Spivach8312/
Shpieva8311/
Spivy80263/
Speva8012/
Spive806/
Spyva804/
Spuva802/
Spiba802/
Spivi801/
Spahieva7788/
Spivey7328,682/
Spiver7354/
Spivie7319/
Spivis735/
Spivez732/
Spaiba731/
Spiwai731/
Spivui731/
Spiviy731/
Spivei731/
Spievy731/
Chpiva731/
Spives730/
Spiovy730/
Spisbah6754/
Spievey6710/
Spitver678/
Spiveys675/
Spibach674/
Shpueva672/
Spyvach671/
Spivoch671/
Spiviey671/
Speiver670/

Spiva Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Spiva in the Russian language
Спиваspiva-

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Spiva Reference & Research

Spivey FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Spiva
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis