Cognomen Ilves (Ilves 
, Илвес 
, Ильвес 
) , in the world, is quite a rare last name. The surname Ilves is habitual in Northern Europe, particularly Estonia, where it is a common surname, Finland, where it is quite a rare surname, and Latvia. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Estonia, Finland, and Russia. Much less frequently, Ilves is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Ilves | Sweden, Finland, United States, Latvia, Estonia |
| Илвес | Russia |
| Ильвес | Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan |
| Ільвес | Ukraine |
| peeter ilves (b. 1881) |
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| marie ilves actor, EE (b. 1892) |
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| eero ilves (b. 1887) |
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| katarina ilves daughter of the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, wife of the bank director Eero Ilves (1903–1984), FI (b. 1903) |
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toomas hendrik ilves fourth president of Estonia, EE (b. 1953) |
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| aleksander ilves (b. 1896) |
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| eduard ilves (b. 1899) |
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| ferdinand ilves (b. 1900) |
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| aleksander ilves (b. 1900) |
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| heimar ilves Estonian composer, EE (b. 1914) |
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evelin ilves First Lady of Estonia, EE (b. 1968) |
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| valter ilves (b. 1910) |
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| harald ilves politician (1920-1998), EE (b. 1920) |
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aapo ilves Estonian writer, EE (b. 1970) |
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| alfred ilves (b. 1912) |
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