Adava Surname
Approximately 561 people bear this surname
Adava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 287 | 1:2,672,702 | 83,436 |
| Nigeria | 252 | 1:702,947 | 32,409 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Adava (183) may also be a first name.
Adava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Adava (Marathi: अडवा, Russian: Адава) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adava? popularity and diffusion
It is the 564,325th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,990,278 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 52 percent of Adava are found; 51 percent are found in South Asia and 51 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 673,127th most prevalent forename in the world It is held by 183 people.
The last name is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 287 people, or 1 in 2,672,702. In India Adava is most numerous in: Karnataka, where 48 percent live, Gujarat, where 30 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 10 percent live. Barring India this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 45 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Adava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Adava in the Marathi language | ||
| अडवा | adava | 42.86 |
| एडवा | edava | 20 |
| आडवा | adava | 17.14 |
| आढाव | adhava | 11.43 |
| अदवा | adava | 5.71 |
| आदवा | adava | 2.86 |
| Adava in the Russian language | ||
| Адава | adava | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Adava
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