Ziv Surname

394,201st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 896 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein

Ziv Surname Definition:

(Polish, Czech-Slovakian, Russian) The vigorous, alive person.

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Ziv Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5701:635,89351,189
Canada851:433,47837,831
Thailand501:1,412,767195,138
Israel491:174,64617,612
Russia261:5,543,194237,148
France251:2,656,909193,074
England231:2,422,52489,093
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
China31:455,773,85521,925
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Dominica11:75,891912

Ziv (953) may also be a first name.

Ziv Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish, Czech-Slovakian, Russian) The vigorous, alive person.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Ziv is a Hebrew surname, meaning 'radiance', 'brilliance'.

- shichuanperu

Ziv Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ziv (Russian: Зив) is found most in The United States. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ziv.

How Common Is The Last Name Ziv? popularity and diffusion

It is the 394,201st most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,133,422 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Ziv live; 69 percent live in North America and 69 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 261,626th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 953 people.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 570 people, or 1 in 635,893. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 29 percent reside, New York, where 17 percent reside and New Jersey, where 8 percent reside. Excluding The United States it occurs in 40 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 9 percent reside and Thailand, where 6 percent reside.

Ziv Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ziv surname are 45.4% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 98.63% being registered with the party.

The amount Ziv earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 43.62% more than the national average, earning $61,971 USD per year and in Canada they earn 48.95% more than the national average, earning $74,003 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zhiv86219/
Ziev86106/
Zivt8628/
Zivz868/
Zaiv863/
Jziv862/
Dziv862/
Zgiv862/
Sziv861/
Zziv861/
Zjiv861/
Zivf861/
Zivp861/
Zoiv861/
Zivs861/
Zisv861/
Cziv861/
Rziev75660/
Zievs751/
Hzivt751/
Zieyv751/
Zhiev751/
Rzaiv751/
Dziev751/
Dzaiv751/
Dzhiv751/
Siv6713,675/
Zib671,023/
Çiv67977/
Civ67591/
Zip67241/
Jiv67204/
Zev6779/
Zif6775/
Giv6734/
Dzhiev6722/
Zibová6714/
Rzhiev6714/
Zibova6712/
Zipova6711/
Xiv679/
Ziw678/
Zyv678/
Drziev673/
Dzhivs672/
Dzhiov671/
Dzhoiv671/
Zivowa671/
Zifová671/
Zivova671/
Zjv671/

Ziv Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ziv in the Russian language
Зивziv-

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