V Surname

459,064th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 736 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

V Surname Definition:

Parishes, &c. in cos. Kent, Somerset, and Sussex.

V Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria3451:55,9452,764
United Arab Emirates2011:45,5834,611
Canada551:669,92054,285
Cameroon471:441,89537,035
Iran471:1,633,67162,881
Afghanistan101:3,215,31818,974
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Hungary51:1,963,25561,562
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
China41:341,830,39216,990
Albania31:971,35222,477
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

V (4,070) may also be a first name.

V Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Parishes, &c. in cos. Kent, Somerset, and Sussex.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Staple, name of parishes cos. Kent and Somerset. Hence the names Stable, Stables.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

V Last Name Facts

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

The last name V (Russian: Вь) is found in Syria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name V? popularity and diffusion

V is the 459,064th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 9,901,557 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 83 percent of V live; 75 percent live in West Asia and 47 percent live in Levant. V is also the 109,183rd most numerous first name internationally It is held by 4,070 people.

The last name V is most frequently held in Syria, where it is held by 345 people, or 1 in 55,945. In Syria V is most common in: Homs Governorate, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Syria it exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 27 percent reside and Canada, where 7 percent reside.

V Last Name Statistics demography

V earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 23.89% less than the national average, earning $37,812 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vs671,367/
Vp671,170/
Vt67468/
Vh67270/
Hv67213/
Vw67151/
Vz67142/
Vf6738/
6726/
6717/
673/
673/
Vỏ672/
671/

V Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
V in the Russian language
Вьv-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to V
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