Vives Surname
Approximately 25,491 people bear this surname
Vives Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 12,026 | 1:3,888 | 478 |
| France | 3,475 | 1:19,114 | 2,184 |
| Argentina | 1,783 | 1:23,973 | 2,003 |
| United States | 1,379 | 1:262,842 | 24,795 |
| Mexico | 1,289 | 1:96,297 | 3,673 |
| Ecuador | 1,019 | 1:15,609 | 2,361 |
| Chile | 840 | 1:20,972 | 1,324 |
| Cuba | 779 | 1:14,792 | 1,063 |
| Costa Rica | 592 | 1:8,074 | 463 |
| Peru | 588 | 1:54,055 | 4,465 |
| Colombia | 552 | 1:86,547 | 3,368 |
| Uruguay | 145 | 1:23,667 | 2,755 |
| Brazil | 141 | 1:1,518,258 | 50,663 |
| Venezuela | 139 | 1:217,296 | 5,691 |
| Dominican Republic | 131 | 1:79,641 | 3,650 |
| Philippines | 130 | 1:778,756 | 75,558 |
| Guatemala | 69 | 1:233,082 | 4,038 |
| Andorra | 59 | 1:1,421 | 241 |
| Puerto Rico | 58 | 1:61,209 | 1,259 |
| Panama | 53 | 1:73,816 | 3,129 |
| Italy | 31 | 1:1,972,796 | 88,569 |
| Germany | 28 | 1:2,875,195 | 137,699 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Canada | 28 | 1:1,315,914 | 92,927 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33 | 1:1,521,778 | 81,120 |
The alternate forms: Vivès (12) & Vivés (2) are calculated separately.
Vives (244) may also be a first name.
Vives Demographics
Average Male Vives Height
175.06 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Vives Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vives Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vives (Arabic: فيفس, Hindi: विवेस, Marathi: िववेस, Russian: Вивес) is carried by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Vivès or Vivés. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vives? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 21,388th most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 285,887 people. Vives occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Vives reside; 48 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 48 percent reside in Iberian Europe. It is also the 571,890th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 244 people.
This surname is most widespread in Spain, where it is borne by 12,026 people, or 1 in 3,888. In Spain it is mostly concentrated in: Catalonia, where 47 percent are found, Valencian Community, where 25 percent are found and Balearic Islands, where 14 percent are found. Other than Spain this surname exists in 56 countries. It is also common in France, where 14 percent are found and Argentina, where 7 percent are found.
Vives Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Vives has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 4,179 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 575 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Vives Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Vives last name are 39.47% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 92.7% being registered with the party.
The amount Vives earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 17.95% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,864 per year; in Colombia they earn 13.08% less than the national average, earning $19,732,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.03% less than the national average, earning $40,115 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.09% more than the national average, earning $51,715 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vives Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vives in the Hindi language | ||
| विवेस | vivesa | - |
| Vives in the Marathi language | ||
| िववेस | ivavesa | - |
| Vives in the Russian language | ||
| Вивес | vives | - |
| Vives in the Arabic language | ||
| فيفس | fyfs | - |
| فيفيس | fyfys | - |
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Vives Reference & Research
Vives FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Vives
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