Kõrver
surname · Latin script
Kõrver is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country. Recorded meaning: occupational name for a basketmaker, from an agent derivative of Korf.
- NLNetherlands1 in 9.5K(measured from records)
- EEEstonia≈1 in 100K
- USUnited States1 in 680K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 11 (measured from records)
- 1 in 9.5K (inferred from the name graph)
1,826 people, 2007
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Korver in NL Netherlands, US United States.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
occupational name for a basketmaker, from an agent derivative of Korf.
Sources 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wiktionary
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kõrver counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | 1,826 | 1 in 9.5K | 1.8K | Korver | 7 |
| US United States | 489 | 1 in 680K | 545 | Korver | 11 |
| ES Spain | 22 | 1 in 2.3M | 22 | — | 1 |
| BE Belgium | 14 | 1 in 837K | 14 | — | 1 |
| EE Estonia | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 100K | 13 | Kõrver | 4 |
| DK Denmark | 3 | 1 in 2M | 3 | — | — |
1,826 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Edgar Kõrverb. 1906EEEstonian diplomat (1906-2004)
- Boris Kõrverb. 1917EEEstonian composer (1917-1994)
- Kristjan Kõrverb. 1976EEEstonian composer (born 1976)
- Marianne Kõrverb. 1980EEEstonian film director (born 1980)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 3 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 13 | #8,713 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 10 | #10,572 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kõrver mean, and where does it come from?
- occupational name for a basketmaker, from an agent derivative of Korf. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary.
- In which country does Kõrver have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 1.8 thousand people named Kõrver, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled korver.
- Where is Kõrver most common?
- Kõrver is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 9.5 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Kõrver?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 1,826 people named Kõrver in 2007, about 1 in 9.5 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/k%C3%B5rverThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kõrver”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.