The Ivan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,439 people carried this name — #18,961 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 204,100 people counted. That is down 2% from 1,465 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Ivan surname
A male surname transferred from the given name.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ivan» (Czech), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 103 people named Ivan 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 95 people named Ivan 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 Chaco.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
83 people named Ivan live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 58 people named Ivan.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
88 people named Ivan 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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ivan.
- Istre 1,841 · U.S. census
- Italiano 1,150 · U.S. census
- Ithier 232 · U.S. census
- Ittel 145 · U.S. census
- Itty 138 · U.S. census
- Ivaldi 148 · U.S. census
- Ivanez 194 · U.S. census
- Ivanoff 578 · U.S. census
- Ivanov 3,826 · U.S. census
- Ivanova 1,065 · U.S. census
- Ivanovic 381 · U.S. census
- Ivens 439 · U.S. census
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