The Lave surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 338 people carried this name — #59,742 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is down 30% from 485 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 62 people named Lave.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Vosges.
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
29 people named Lave 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).
Who carried it
People named Lave,
with a public archive behind them.
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Kitione Lave 1934–2006 · boxer
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Jean Lave 1939– · anthropologist
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Rebecca Lave 1970– · geographer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lave.
- Laval 201 · U.S. census
- Lavalette 274 · U.S. census
- Lavalle 2,617 · U.S. census
- Lavallee 4,965 · U.S. census
- Lavalley 3,656 · U.S. census
- Lavanchy 100 · U.S. census
- Laveau 178 · U.S. census
- Lavelle 6,074 · U.S. census
- Laven 547 · U.S. census
- Lavene 205 · U.S. census
- Laventure 838 · U.S. census
- Laverdure 604 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Lave is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.