Sève Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Sève Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sève Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France601:1,107,045119,335
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Chile21:8,808,23765,417

The alternate forms: Seve (2,680), Sevé (4), Šēve (1) & Sevê (1) are calculated separately.

Sève (14) may also be a first name.

Sève Last Name Facts

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

Sève occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Seve, Sevé, Šēve or Sevê. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sève? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,185,341st most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Sève are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 85 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 3,024,661st most common first name at a global level, borne by 14 people.

The last name is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 1,107,045. In France Sève is most prevalent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 58 percent live, Île-de-France, where 30 percent live and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 3 percent live. Outside of France Sève is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 7 percent live and Brazil, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seve922,680/
Sèves891/
Sevé834/
Šēve831/
Sevê831/
Sive758,723/
Säve7541/
Sèbe759/
Syve752/
Sèva751/
Sever6745,521/
Shive673,246/
Siver671,466/
Saive671,213/
Syver67780/
Seyve67777/
Sevey67703/
Seves67624/
Sieve67594/
Sives67574/
Seuve67437/
Seive67396/
Sivet67319/
Sevez67179/
Sivey67160/
Sevet67148/
Sivhe6788/
Seeve6781/
Soive6774/
Sheve6766/
Sayve6746/
Sevie6735/
Sivie6735/
Seveh6733/
Seave6727/
Sevee6715/
Sivei6715/
Scive6715/
Sevje6714/
Sävje679/
Sevei678/
Shyve677/
Setve674/
Syvei674/
Sevea673/
Sisve673/
Sivez673/
Siveh672/
Suive672/
Séves672/
Syves671/
Sceve671/
Seveu671/
Sitve671/
Sived671/
Sihve671/
Séver671/
Sevge671/
Seved671/
Sévie671/
Siveu671/
Sevej671/
Sev'e671/

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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
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  • 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 Sève
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