Sévère Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Sévère Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sévère Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti131:821,83911,267
France91:7,380,302306,885
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

The alternate forms: Sevère (16), Sévere (1) & Severe (20,900) are calculated separately.

Sévère Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sévère is found most in Haiti. It may also appear as: Sevère, Sévere or Severe. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sévère? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sévère is the 3,485,539th most numerous last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Sévère occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Sévère reside; 41 percent reside in Caribbean and 41 percent reside in Gallo-Caribbean.

Sévère is most numerous in Haiti, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 821,839. In Haiti it is most prevalent in: Ouest, where 69 percent are found, Artibonite, where 8 percent are found and Nord, where 8 percent are found. Beside Haiti this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in France, where 28 percent are found and Canada, where 22 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sevère9416/
Sévere941/
Severe8920,900/
Sévèra831/
Sévérie771/
Séver731/
Sivire6753/
Sevire6722/
Sébire6722/
Sivere6715/
Széver678/
Sévery672/
Sévirr671/
Sévert671/
Sivyre670/

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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 Sévère
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