Jove surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Jove surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 366 people carried this name — #55,962 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 19% from 307 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 405 people named Jove 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 204
Santa Fe 89
City of Buenos Aires 66
Jujuy 30
Córdoba 16

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 116 people named Jove.

19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Aube.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 19
Aube 13
Paris 11
Pyrénées-Orientales 8
Hérault 8
Yonne 8
Haute-Garonne 7
Aude 7
Gers 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

23 people named Jove live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 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

Zurich 8
Geneva 6
Vaud 6
Neuchâtel 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Jove,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Plácido de Jove y Hevia
    Plácido de Jove y Hevia 1823–1909 · writer
  • Manuel Jove 1941–2020 · businessperson
  • David Jove 1942–2004 · screenwriter
  • Louis Jove 1948– · politician
  • Gustavo Jove 1967– · musician
  • Felipa Jove 1969– · entrepreneur

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

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