de Álava Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Uruguay

de Álava Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Álava 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
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295

The alternate forms: de Alava (132) are calculated separately.

de Álava Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Álava is more commonly found in Spain than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: de Alava. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

de Álava is the 8,968,613th most common surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. de Álava is predominantly found in Europe, where 75 percent of de Álava live; 75 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 75 percent live in Iberian Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Spain, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 15,584,012. In Spain de Álava is mostly concentrated in: Andalusia, where 33 percent reside, Cantabria, where 33 percent reside and Navarre, where 33 percent reside. Excluding Spain this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Uruguay, where 25 percent reside.

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 Alava96132/
de Olava881/
de Olave7516/
de Olavo756/
de Alaba752/
de Alave751/
de Olavio712/
de Alover591/
da Alabah591/
da Alabe501/
da Olowa501/
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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 Álava
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