Cognomen Alver (Alver 
, Альвер 
, الفير 
) , in the entire world, is quite a common last name. The family name Alver is characteristic of Turkey, where it is quite a rare surname, Norway, and Estonia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Turkey, Norway, and Venezuela. Much less frequently, Alver is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Alver | Colombia, Norway, Philippines, Venezuela, Turkey |
| Альвер | Ukraine, Russia |
| الفير | Iraq, Yemen |
| אלוור | Israel |
| johan ludvig alver Norwegian translator, NO (b. 1848) |
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| andres alver Estonian writer and physician, LV (b. 1869) |
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| eduard alver Estonian military personnel, EE (b. 1886) |
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| hans alver Estonian physician, EE (b. 1887) |
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| aleksander alver Estonian clergyman, EE (b. 1890) |
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| brynjulf alver Norwegian professor (1924-2009), NO (b. 1924) |
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| natalie alver Estonian translator, UA (b. 1928) |
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| ivar alver Norwegian journalist (1930-2021), NO (b. 1930) |
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| kjersti alver Norwegian film director (b. 1950) |
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| arve rosvold alver Norwegian politician, lawyer and judge, NO (b. 1951) |
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| tiina alver Estonian artist, EE (b. 1951) |
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| bente gullveig alver (b. 1941) |
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| andres alver Estonian architect, EE (b. 1953) |
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| liv margareth alver Norwegian translator (b. 1955) |
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| alver metalli (b. 1952) |
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