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 surname Adava (Marathi: अडवा, Russian: Адава) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adava? popularity and diffusion
The last name Adava is the 564,325th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,990,278 people. Adava 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. Adava is also the 673,127th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 183 people.
The last name is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 287 people, or 1 in 2,672,702. In India it is mostly found in: Karnataka, where 48 percent reside, Gujarat, where 30 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 10 percent reside. Excluding India this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 45 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside.
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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