Atava Surname
Approximately 1,039 people bear this surname
Atava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 970 | 1:790,789 | 35,587 |
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Latvia | 17 | 1:120,591 | 17,235 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Atava (4,752) may also be a first name.
Atava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Atava (Hindi: अतावा, Marathi: एतवा, Russian: Атава) is found most frequently in India. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Atava? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 351,042nd most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 7,014,000 people. Atava occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Atava are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Atava is also the 99,275th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 4,752 people.
Atava is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 970 people, or 1 in 790,789. In India Atava is most frequent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 98 percent reside, Tamil Nadu, where 1 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 0 percent reside. Besides India it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside and Latvia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Atava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Atava in the Hindi language | ||
| अतावा | atava | 88 |
| अटवा | atava | 8 |
| आतावा | atava | 4 |
| Atava in the Marathi language | ||
| एतवा | etava | 23.53 |
| अटवा | atava | 23.53 |
| आतवा-या | atava-ya | 17.65 |
| अतवा | atava | 11.76 |
| एटवा | etava | 5.88 |
| आतवा | atava | 5.88 |
| एतवा-या | etava-ya | 5.88 |
| अतवा-या | atava-ya | 5.88 |
| Atava in the Russian language | ||
| Атава | atava | - |
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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 Atava
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