Ivens

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈaɪvənz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Ivens is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Belgium than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • BEBelgium1 in 12K(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 56K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 224K

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.

Belgium (measured from records)

953 people, 2008

Sources
71 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)

Belgium

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ivens 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.

Where Ivens is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BE Belgium9531 in 12K953Ivens5
US United States4391 in 758K514Ivens27
NL Netherlands3071 in 56K307Ivens8
GB United Kingdom≈290 est.≈1 in 224K—Ivens6
FR France≈140 est.≈1 in 481K6—1
PT Portugal≈15 est.≈1 in 675K—Ivens14

953 people counted by Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register), 2008. 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: Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ivens is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Îvéns

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Ívens

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Belgium, Netherlands, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Ívens

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Roberto Ivens, b. 1850Frances Ivens, b. 1870Kees Ivens, b. 1871Walter George Ivens, b. 1871Joris Ivens, b. 1898Diogo Ivens, b. 1903Marceline Loridan, b. 1928Jonas Ivens, b. 1984

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Ivens,
InformalHi Ivens,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Ivens
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)2008953#1,432
BE BelgiumStatbel — Noms de famille (family names)—926#1,457
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020514#44,906
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000505#40,761
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010439#48,160
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007307#6,667
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197126—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196125—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194125—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195122—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198114—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)190113—

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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

How do you pronounce Ivens?
A machine transcription gives /ˈaɪvənz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Ivens have the most bearers?
In Belgium, the national register counted about 953 people named Ivens, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ivens.
Where is Ivens most common?
Ivens is densest in Belgium, where the national register counts about 1 in 12 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Ivens?
In Belgium, the national register counted 953 people named Ivens in 2008, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.

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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, “Ivens”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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