Golava Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Golava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhazia | 49 | 1:4,956 | 900 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Georgia | 24 | 1:156,064 | 10,700 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Golava (53) may also be a first name.
Golava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Golava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Golava (Georgian: გოლავა, Marathi: गोळवा, Russian: Голава) is more frequently found in Abkhazia than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Golava? popularity and diffusion
The last name Golava is the 1,795,579th most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. The surname Golava occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Golava are found; 70 percent are found in West Asia and 47 percent are found in Abkhazo-West Asia. It is also the 1,366,219th most prevalent forename throughout the world. It is borne by 53 people.
The last name Golava is most frequent in Abkhazia, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 4,956. In Abkhazia it is primarily concentrated in: Sukhumi District, where 57 percent live, Ochamchira District, where 27 percent live and Gulripshi District, where 12 percent live. Aside from Abkhazia Golava exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 24 percent live and Georgia, where 23 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Golava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Golava in the Georgian language | ||
| გოლავა | golava | - |
| Golava in the Marathi language | ||
| गोळवा | golava | 79.49 |
| गोलवा | golava | 15.38 |
| गोळावा | golava | 5.13 |
| Golava in the Russian language | ||
| Голава | golava | - |
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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 Golava
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