Drava Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Drava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 46 | 1:44,566 | 6,776 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Dráva (2) are calculated separately.
Drava (146) may also be a first name.
Drava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Drava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Drava (Arabic: درافا, Hindi: द्रवा, Marathi: धव) is borne by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Dráva. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Drava? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,007,164th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 61 percent of Drava live; 55 percent live in Northern Europe and 53 percent live in Baltic Europe. It is also the 763,528th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 146 people.
This last name is most frequent in Latvia, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 44,566. In Latvia it is primarily found in: Vidzeme, where 65 percent are found, Semigallia, where 26 percent are found and Riga Planning Region, where 7 percent are found. Barring Latvia it is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 11 percent are found and Cameroon, where 9 percent are found.
Drava Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Drava has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Drava last name expanded 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Drava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Drava in the Marathi language | ||
| धव | dhava | - |
| Drava in the Hindi language | ||
| द्रवा | drava | 98.15 |
| ध्रुव | dhruva | 1.85 |
| Drava in the Arabic language | ||
| درافا | drafa | - |
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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 Drava
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