Xavier Surname
Approximately 571,547 people bear this surname
Xavier Surname Definition:
(Spanish) One who came from Xaberri or Xaverri, abbreviated forms of Etchaberri (new house), the name of numerous places in Spain.
Read More About This SurnameXavier Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 398,565 | 1:537 | 69 |
| Mozambique | 66,742 | 1:408 | 71 |
| Angola | 45,354 | 1:595 | 103 |
| India | 15,424 | 1:49,732 | 3,424 |
| Portugal | 10,294 | 1:1,012 | 173 |
| East Timor | 6,015 | 1:202 | 60 |
| France | 4,479 | 1:14,830 | 1,549 |
| Chad | 3,755 | 1:3,620 | 598 |
| United States | 3,720 | 1:97,435 | 10,867 |
| Sri Lanka | 2,924 | 1:7,116 | 1,038 |
| Haiti | 2,254 | 1:4,740 | 592 |
| Ghana | 1,385 | 1:19,510 | 2,432 |
| Malaysia | 935 | 1:31,545 | 2,689 |
| England | 931 | 1:59,848 | 7,122 |
| Canada | 867 | 1:42,498 | 5,278 |
| Oman | 698 | 1:5,284 | 750 |
| Australia | 540 | 1:49,992 | 6,225 |
| Uruguay | 506 | 1:6,782 | 749 |
| Spain | 487 | 1:96,000 | 7,946 |
| Guyana | 414 | 1:1,841 | 327 |
| Bahrain | 397 | 1:3,397 | 571 |
| Indonesia | 345 | 1:383,331 | 32,711 |
| Argentina | 311 | 1:137,439 | 11,638 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Saint Lucia | 261 | 1:685 | 121 |
| Dominica | 242 | 1:314 | 83 |
| Philippines | 227 | 1:445,983 | 54,865 |
| Thailand | 192 | 1:367,908 | 64,616 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 189 | 1:7,217 | 1,084 |
| Cameroon | 170 | 1:122,171 | 13,957 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Mexico | 164 | 1:756,867 | 11,287 |
| South Africa | 152 | 1:356,432 | 32,570 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Germany | 104 | 1:774,091 | 57,434 |
| United Arab Emirates | 101 | 1:90,716 | 8,270 |
| Kuwait | 96 | 1:39,591 | 4,718 |
| Dominican Republic | 92 | 1:113,401 | 4,751 |
| Nigeria | 92 | 1:1,925,465 | 68,462 |
| New Zealand | 91 | 1:49,762 | 8,043 |
| Switzerland | 82 | 1:100,158 | 10,705 |
| Mauritius | 76 | 1:17,019 | 3,609 |
| Micronesia | 76 | 1:1,398 | 304 |
| Netherlands | 72 | 1:234,544 | 30,714 |
| Papua New Guinea | 66 | 1:123,541 | 16,840 |
| Benin | 64 | 1:161,494 | 16,390 |
| Belgium | 56 | 1:205,297 | 26,724 |
| Venezuela | 52 | 1:580,848 | 10,516 |
| Ireland | 50 | 1:94,179 | 5,191 |
| Pakistan | 49 | 1:3,645,794 | 27,204 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 43 | 1:4,126 | 358 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 39 | 1:2,830 | 482 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| China | 27 | 1:50,641,539 | 2,733 |
| Paraguay | 27 | 1:268,028 | 4,505 |
| Russia | 26 | 1:5,543,194 | 237,148 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Italy | 24 | 1:2,548,195 | 95,018 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Sweden | 21 | 1:468,893 | 33,666 |
| Cape Verde | 19 | 1:27,876 | 1,056 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Kenya | 19 | 1:2,430,521 | 36,895 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Scotland | 18 | 1:297,434 | 13,849 |
| Seychelles | 18 | 1:5,133 | 784 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Peru | 17 | 1:1,869,654 | 24,503 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 15 | 1:6,611 | 774 |
| Norway | 15 | 1:342,819 | 32,589 |
| Chile | 12 | 1:1,468,040 | 24,959 |
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Hong Kong | 11 | 1:666,862 | 3,581 |
| Macau | 11 | 1:54,694 | 379 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Madagascar | 9 | 1:2,627,760 | 3,802 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Northern Ireland | 8 | 1:230,630 | 10,839 |
| Grenada | 8 | 1:13,567 | 908 |
| Japan | 8 | 1:15,980,537 | 47,042 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| Namibia | 6 | 1:401,567 | 10,578 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Maldives | 5 | 1:80,834 | 3,218 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 1:56,330 | 1,327 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 134 | 1:374,766 | 28,202 |
The alternate forms: Xaviér (9), Xaviêr (1) & Xāvȉer (1) are calculated separately.
Xavier (416,866) may also be a first name.
Xavier Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Spanish) One who came from Xaberri or Xaverri, abbreviated forms of Etchaberri (new house), the name of numerous places in Spain.
(Spanish), Brilliant. Doubtless a Moorish relic; for this surname is plainly the Arabic word “xaver.”
User-submitted Reference
The name come from the Basque 'etxaberri', and it means "new house", "new home" or "owner of new home". It became a first name too because the missionay São Francisco Xavier.
- axavierThe Xavier surname comes from the surname of the great Christian missionary, St. Francis Xavier.
- anittaXavier Demographics
Average Xavier Salary in
United States
$45,467 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Xavier Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Xavier Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Xavier (Arabic: زافير, Hindi: जेवियर, Marathi: वीएर, Oriya: େଜଭିଆର) is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Xaviér, Xaviêr or Xāvȉer. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Xavier? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 934th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 12,751 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Xavier reside; 70 percent reside in South America and 70 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 2,467th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 416,866 people.
It is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is held by 398,565 people, or 1 in 537. In Brazil Xavier is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 20 percent reside, Minas Gerais, where 12 percent reside and Bahia, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Brazil this surname occurs in 154 countries. It also occurs in Mozambique, where 12 percent reside and Angola, where 8 percent reside.
Xavier Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Xavier has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Xavier last name rose 2,776 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Xavier Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Xavier last name are 12.7% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 65.93% registered with the political party.
The amount Xavier earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 24.85% less than the national average, earning 260,063 kr per year; in Peru they earn 99.68% more than the national average, earning S/. 38,707 per year; in South Africa they earn 19.8% more than the national average, earning R 284,700 per year; in United States they earn 5.37% more than the national average, earning $45,467 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.96% more than the national average, earning $53,143 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Xavier Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Xavier in the Hindi language | ||
| जेवियर | jeviyara | 65.22 |
| एक्सवीर | eksavira | 13.04 |
| सेवियर | seviyara | 4.35 |
| एक्सवियर | eksaviyara | 4.35 |
| जेवीयर | jeviyara | 4.35 |
| एक्सैवियर | eksaiviyara | 4.35 |
| सेविरय | seviraya | 4.35 |
| Xavier in the Oriya language | ||
| େଜଭିଆର | ejabhi'ara | 42.86 |
| େଜଭିୟାର | ejabhiyara | 28.57 |
| ଯାଭିଆର | yabhi'ara | 8.57 |
| ଜାଭିଆର | jabhi'ara | 5.71 |
| େସାେର | esaera | 5.71 |
| ଜାବିୟାର | jabiyara | 2.86 |
| ଜାବିର | jabira | 2.86 |
| ଜାଭିଅର | jabhi'ara | 2.86 |
| Xavier in the Marathi language | ||
| वीएर | vi'era | 30 |
| वेरा | vera | 15 |
| आवीर | avira | 15 |
| जावीर | javira | 10 |
| झवीर | jhavira | 10 |
| क्सवीर | ksavira | 5 |
| झावीर | jhavira | 5 |
| क्षवीर | ksavira | 5 |
| झवेर | jhavera | 5 |
| Xavier in the Arabic language | ||
| زافير | zafyr | - |
| ظافير | zafyr | - |
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