The Vives surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 954 people carried this name — #24,560 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,467 people named Vives.
325 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 64 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Vives live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vives.
- Vittini 112 · U.S. census
- Vittone 278 · U.S. census
- Vittori 295 · U.S. census
- Vivaldi 128 · U.S. census
- Vivas 1,652 · U.S. census
- Vivens 111 · U.S. census
- Vivian 2,635 · U.S. census
- Viviani 505 · U.S. census
- Viviano 1,733 · U.S. census
- Vivier 603 · U.S. census
- Vivion 122 · U.S. census
- Vix 235 · U.S. census
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