de Fava Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de Fava Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Fava Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

de Fava Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Fava is found most in Brazil. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Fava? popularity and diffusion

de Fava is the 5,213,395th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of de Fava are found; 86 percent are found in South America and 86 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The last name is most numerous in Brazil, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 17,839,528. In Brazil de Fava is most numerous in: Rio de Janeiro, where 75 percent are found, São Paulo, where 17 percent are found and Mato Grosso, where 8 percent are found. Besides Brazil it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 7 percent are found and Spain, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Fayva931/
di Fava86134/
de Favo8610/
de Faver801/
dit Fava801/
de Fabi7110/
de Vavi711/
de Fauwe6710/
di Favio672/
da Vabo571/
di Fabi571/
de Vevey5338/
de Veuve5314/
da Veiva531/
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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 de Fava
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