View Surname

2,203,767th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iraq
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

View Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

View Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iraq261:1,346,98715,017
Iran151:5,118,835123,814
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
India51:153,413,076951,030
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England21:27,859,030389,889
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1491:337,03826,036

View (293) may also be a first name.

View Last Name Facts

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

View (Arabic: فيو) is found most in Iraq. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name View? popularity and diffusion

View is the 2,203,767th most numerous last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. The last name View is predominantly found in Asia, where 81 percent of View reside; 50 percent reside in West Asia and 36 percent reside in Levant. View is also the 515,650th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 293 people.

View is most frequent in Iraq, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 1,346,987. Excluding Iraq it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 20 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 12 percent live.

View Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of View has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the View surname declined 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Viewe8969/
Viewt891/
Viiew891/
Vew8664/
Viw866/
Vief75122/
Fiew7544/
Wiew7512/
Viev7510/
Veiw755/
Veew754/
Vife753/
Vjew752/
Veyw752/
Vijw751/
Veaw751/
Vieb751/
Vgiw751/
Vhew751/
Vesw751/
Vivw751/
Viwh751/
Voiw751/
Hvew751/
Viefe6714/
Wiewe678/
Wieiw674/
Vieph674/
Viphe673/
Phiew672/
Viffe672/
Vietf672/
Hveiw671/
Vehwp671/
Vjgiw671/
Uiewe671/
Viefh671/
Vieff671/
Vioev671/
Veswh671/
Vihev671/
Fyiew670/
Viyow670/

View Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
View in the Arabic language
فيوfyw-

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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 View
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