Striven Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Scotland

Striven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Striven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia171:7,779,364314,803
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

The alternate forms: Strivén (5) are calculated separately.

Striven (18) may also be a first name.

Striven Last Name Facts

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

The last name Striven occurs most in Indonesia. It can occur as a variant: Strivén. Click here for further possible spellings of Striven.

How Common Is The Last Name Striven? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,427,875th most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 85 percent of Striven are found; 85 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 85 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Striven is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used given name globally, borne by 18 people.

Striven is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 7,779,364. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: Central Java, where 100 percent reside. Beside Indonesia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent reside and Scotland, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Strivén955/
Strüven86121/
Struven86117/
Streven860/
Strijtveen8281/
Struyven80705/
Striving808/
Strueven807/
Stribene800/
Struiving7583/
Strytveen7510/
Strevin712/
Strüving6716/
Strevina674/
Strevine670/
Strevink670/
Streving670/
Strebeing630/

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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 Striven
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