Viv Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Viv Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Viv Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India491:15,654,396253,566
Taiwan161:1,465,2979,806
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Viv (8,653) may also be a first name.

Viv Last Name Facts

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

Viv (Hindi: विश्र्व, Russian: Вив) is found most in India. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Viv? popularity and diffusion

The last name Viv is the 2,061,309th most frequently used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Viv are found; 59 percent are found in South Asia and 59 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 67,489th most prevalent given name on earth, borne by 8,653 people.

This last name is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 15,654,396. In India Viv is primarily found in: Jharkhand, where 49 percent reside, Bihar, where 43 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 8 percent reside. Excluding India this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 19 percent reside and Indonesia, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Viev8610/
Vaiv869/
Vuiv866/
Hviv864/
Veiv863/
Vivf862/
Vivs862/
Vivd861/
Vivw861/
Vfiv861/
Viov861/
Voiv861/
Vivì861/
Vijv861/
Vishv75219/
Vivås7536/
Vitvs751/
Vaisv751/
Vhivs751/
Vivsh751/
Vib67344/
Biv67290/
Vif6791/
Vip6786/
Vaishv6772/
Vev6747/
Vyv6734/
Uiv6731/
Vipova6716/
Fiv6711/
Viw676/
Wiv675/
Vishvs675/
Visvsh673/
Vishvz673/
Vivova673/
Vivová671/
Voivht671/
Vuhivd671/
Veitvh671/
Vishvï671/
Väv671/
Vivsch671/
Vjv671/

Viv Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Viv in the Hindi language
विश्र्वvisrva43.18
विवviva40.91
वीवviva11.36
विवेकviveka2.27
Viv in the Russian language
Вивviv-

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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 Viv
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