The Vivian surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,635 people carried this name — #11,070 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 102,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 232 people named Vivian.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
29 people named Vivian live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
In print
Vivian in American newspapers,
1875–1935.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 289,360 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Vivian,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Vivian 1756–1828 -
Andrew Vivian 1759–1842 · engineer -
Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian 1775–1842 · military personnel -
John Henry Vivian 1785–1855 · politician -
Charles Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian 1808–1886 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 137 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vivian.
- 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
- Vives 954 · 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
- Vizcaino 2,157 · U.S. census
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