Balava Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Balava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 116 | 1:6,612,633 | 149,434 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Balava (452) may also be a first name.
Balava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Balava (Hindi: बलवा, Marathi: बलवा, Oriya: ବଲଭ, Russian: Балава) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balava? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,573,888th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 92 percent of Balava reside; 89 percent reside in South Asia and 89 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 402,268th most common first name on earth, held by 452 people.
The last name is most common in India, where it is borne by 116 people, or 1 in 6,612,633. In India Balava is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 60 percent are found, Gujarat, where 28 percent are found and Rajasthan, where 4 percent are found. Barring India this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 3 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Balava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Balava in the Oriya language | ||
| ବଲଭ | balabha | - |
| Balava in the Hindi language | ||
| बलवा | balava | 78.57 |
| बालवा | balava | 14.29 |
| बलावा | balava | 7.14 |
| Balava in the Marathi language | ||
| बलवा | balava | 67.96 |
| बालवा | balava | 14.56 |
| बळवा | balava | 5.83 |
| बालावा | balava | 4.85 |
| वालावा | valava | 1.94 |
| बाळावा | balava | 0.97 |
| बाळवा | balava | 0.97 |
| Balava in the Russian language | ||
| Балава | balava | - |
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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 Balava
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