Colavita Surname

207,335th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,997 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Argentina

Colavita Surname User-submission:

The Colavita surname means 'life, shortened for over lifetime' or 'long life'.

Colavita Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy6751:90,60315,646
United States5681:638,13251,357
Argentina5121:83,4837,063
Canada961:383,80834,152
Venezuela671:450,8078,956
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
France141:4,744,480251,814
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
England51:11,143,612252,590
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Colavita Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Colavita surname means 'life, shortened for over lifetime' or 'long life'.

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Colavita Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Colavita Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Colavita is borne by more people in Italy than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Colavita? popularity and diffusion

Colavita is the 207,335th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,649,247 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Colavita live; 34 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 34 percent live in Italic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Italy, where it is held by 675 people, or 1 in 90,603. In Italy Colavita is most prevalent in: Molise, where 66 percent live, Lazio, where 13 percent live and Apulia, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Italy it occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 28 percent live and Argentina, where 26 percent live.

Colavita Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Colavita last name are 17.26% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.03% being registered with the party.

The amount Colavita earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Italy they earn 15.37% more than the national average, earning €34,646 per year; in United States they earn 15.41% more than the national average, earning $49,799 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.83% more than the national average, earning $54,568 CAD per year.

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