Cognomen Saveljevs (Saveljevs 
) , in all the world, is a rare last name. The cognomen Saveljevs is characteristic of Northern Europe, particularly Latvia, where it is quite a common surname, Lithuania, where it is a rare surname, and Estonia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Northern Europe, particularly Latvia, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom. Much less frequently, Saveljevs is the forename as well as the last name.