Ava Forename
16,952nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 55,321 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands
Ava Forename Definition:
Ay'-vah. The name of a city. 2 Kings xvii. 24.
Ava Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 22,715 | 1:15,960 | 1,427 |
| India | 62% | 16,675 | 1:72,856 | 9,311 |
| Philippines | 98% | 1,954 | 1:54,253 | 3,867 |
| Russia | 70% | 1,707 | 1:84,495 | 1,701 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,558 | 1:102,350 | 6,851 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,141 | 1:29,039 | 2,339 |
| England | 100% | 779 | 1:71,377 | 2,988 |
| Jamaica | - | 691 | 1:4,173 | 717 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 672 | 1:10,402 | 1,027 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 560 | 1:10,049 | 1,047 |
| China | - | 538 | 1:2,539,137 | 46,153 |
| Brazil | 100% | 416 | 1:514,991 | 16,732 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 407 | 1:3,345 | 624 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 298 | 1:865,650 | 56,009 |
| Papua New Guinea | 60% | 293 | 1:27,824 | 2,763 |
| Thailand | 93% | 265 | 1:264,399 | 15,701 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 218 | 1:11,279 | 973 |
| Australia | - | 212 | 1:64,423 | 2,787 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 196 | 1:10,667 | 1,447 |
| Kosovo | - | 195 | 1:9,546 | 1,421 |
| Poland | 96% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Egypt | 62% | 174 | 1:528,166 | 14,341 |
| Cameroon | 61% | 166 | 1:130,184 | 6,269 |
| France | 100% | 158 | 1:420,698 | 4,949 |
| Iran | - | 150 | 1:523,312 | 6,140 |
| Sweden | 97% | 139 | 1:70,920 | 3,369 |
| Georgia | 98% | 125 | 1:29,908 | 1,793 |
| Bahamas | - | 122 | 1:3,274 | 607 |
| Germany | 98% | 121 | 1:798,991 | 6,909 |
| Netherlands | 97% | 121 | 1:139,687 | 6,203 |
| Guyana | 100% | 116 | 1:6,580 | 1,118 |
| Nigeria | 66% | 112 | 1:1,585,396 | 34,144 |
| Hong Kong | - | 110 | 1:70,479 | 2,647 |
| Malaysia | 92% | 104 | 1:292,788 | 15,039 |
| Uzbekistan | 50% | 97 | 1:317,386 | 6,177 |
| Italy | 92% | 92 | 1:663,718 | 6,503 |
| Ireland | 100% | 83 | 1:55,946 | 1,747 |
| South Africa | 95% | 79 | 1:690,287 | 29,761 |
| Iraq | 100% | 72 | 1:486,359 | 5,493 |
| Nepal | 68% | 72 | 1:395,658 | 12,779 |
| New Zealand | - | 72 | 1:63,001 | 3,164 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 68 | 1:349,554 | 23,700 |
| Greece | 100% | 67 | 1:163,202 | 3,611 |
| Albania | 100% | 61 | 1:49,944 | 4,549 |
| Barbados | - | 60 | 1:4,830 | 753 |
| Belize | 100% | 56 | 1:6,327 | 1,158 |
| Spain | 100% | 48 | 1:969,374 | 8,577 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| Finland | 100% | 42 | 1:130,552 | 2,715 |
| Mexico | 100% | 42 | 1:2,955,820 | 14,852 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 38 | 1:794,787 | 18,429 |
| Kazakhstan | 50% | 36 | 1:492,968 | 7,277 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 36 | 1:4,939 | 825 |
| Senegal | 100% | 35 | 1:416,610 | 5,939 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 32 | 1:3,106 | 634 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 32 | 1:3,487 | 654 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 30 | 1:273,783 | 5,582 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 29 | 1:2,114 | 469 |
| Peru | 100% | 29 | 1:1,096,257 | 14,144 |
| Scotland | 100% | 29 | 1:184,495 | 3,374 |
| DR Congo | 75% | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| Ukraine | 96% | 27 | 1:1,685,182 | 4,553 |
| Wales | 100% | 27 | 1:114,604 | 2,631 |
| Singapore | 100% | 25 | 1:251,482 | 9,031 |
| Czechia | 72% | 24 | 1:444,007 | 2,370 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 23 | 1:4,772 | 795 |
| Romania | 100% | 22 | 1:911,453 | 21,217 |
| Belgium | 100% | 21 | 1:547,145 | 8,531 |
| Argentina | 83% | 18 | 1:2,376,291 | 8,279 |
| American Samoa | - | 17 | 1:3,285 | 601 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Denmark | - | 13 | 1:434,577 | 7,147 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 13 | 1:14,950,591 | 86,698 |
| Turkey | 100% | 12 | 1:6,483,476 | 25,958 |
| Ivory Coast | 75% | 11 | 1:2,097,812 | 47,531 |
| Belarus | 57% | 10 | 1:948,238 | 5,152 |
| Chile | 100% | 10 | 1:1,760,721 | 12,680 |
| Norway | 100% | 10 | 1:513,233 | 9,206 |
| Grenada | 100% | 9 | 1:12,014 | 1,427 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 9 | 1:70,508 | 2,461 |
| South Korea | - | 9 | 1:616,047 | 14,026 |
| Azerbaijan | 83% | 8 | 1:1,205,368 | 16,287 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Honduras | - | 8 | 1:1,102,183 | 11,893 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8 | 1:893,999 | 27,106 |
| Armenia | 100% | 7 | 1:416,965 | 5,243 |
| Croatia | 100% | 7 | 1:602,439 | 6,285 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Benin | 100% | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| Cape Verde | - | 6 | 1:88,192 | 3,143 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 6 | 1:1,003,056 | 13,067 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 6 | 1:9,144 | 1,176 |
| Uruguay | - | 6 | 1:571,273 | 6,582 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Austria | 100% | 5 | 1:1,702,840 | 9,344 |
| Colombia | 100% | 5 | 1:9,555,785 | 40,229 |
| Congo | 100% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| El Salvador | - | 5 | 1:1,268,357 | 7,255 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 5 | 1:3,221,686 | 6,935 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 50% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2 | 1:26,394,160 | 73,301 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Zimbabwe | 50% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Israel | - | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | 100% | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Äva (8), Áva (4), Ãva (4) & Avà (1) are calculated separately.
Ava (10,973) may also be a surname.
Ava Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Ay'-vah. The name of a city. 2 Kings xvii. 24.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: perverted.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Latin name, meaning: The topaz humming-bird.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Ava Forename Popularity
Ava Demographics
Ava Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 17 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Ava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ava in the Russian language | ||
| Ава | ava | - |
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