The Nave surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,946 people carried this name — #6,819 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,700 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 349 people named Nave.
36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Nord.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 111 people named Nave 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.
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
20 people named Nave 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
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 print
Nave in American newspapers,
1907–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,872,407 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nave.
- Navarette 1,558 · U.S. census
- Navarra 1,842 · U.S. census
- Navarre 3,030 · U.S. census
- Navarrete 24,259 · U.S. census
- Navarro 99,807 · U.S. census
- Navas 4,953 · U.S. census
- Navel 134 · U.S. census
- Naves 628 · U.S. census
- Naville 198 · U.S. census
- Nawrocki 2,551 · U.S. census
- Nawrot 530 · U.S. census
- Nay 4,826 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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