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) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spiva? popularity and diffusion

It is the 244,303rd most widespread last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 4,468,146 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Spiva live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name on earth, held by 14 people.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 1,553 people, or 1 in 233,393. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 16 percent live, Oklahoma, where 10 percent live and Georgia, where 10 percent live. Barring The United States this last name is found 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 frequency of Spiva has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Spiva surname expanded 1,150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Spiva Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Spiva surname are 25.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 72% registered to vote for the political 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