Last name Zev (Zev 
, זאב , Зеев 
) , in the world, is quite a rare family name. The last name Zev is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a common surname, Kazakhstan, where it is a rare surname, and Indonesia, where it is a very rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Israel, Indonesia, and Russia. More prevalently, Zev is the forename as well as the last name.