The Alves surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,882 people carried this name — #2,595 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,200 people counted. That is up 23% from 11,326 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 7,547 people named Alves live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
5,793 people named Alves live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,712 people named Alves.
Most of them — 989 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 75 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 48 people named Alves live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
45 people named Alves is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Alves in American newspapers,
1902–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 71,975 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Alves,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias 1803–1880 · military personnel -
António Alves Vilas Boas Martins 1808–1882 · politician -
Quintiliano Alves Ferreira 1821–1895 -
Manuel Joaquim Alves Machado 1822–1915 -
Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves 1848–1919 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 209 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Alves.
- Altounian 150 · U.S. census
- Alunni 131 · U.S. census
- Alvarado 133,501 · U.S. census
- Alvares 3,789 · U.S. census
- Alvarez 233,983 · U.S. census
- Alvaro 1,250 · U.S. census
- Alvin 1,122 · U.S. census
- Aly 1,838 · U.S. census
- Amable 141 · U.S. census
- Amadei 139 · U.S. census
- Amadi 728 · U.S. census
- Amadio 719 · U.S. census
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