Jiva Surname
Approximately 3,715 people bear this surname
Jiva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,371 | 1:323,520 | 17,929 |
| Malawi | 627 | 1:27,303 | 4,104 |
| England | 143 | 1:389,637 | 27,109 |
| Romania | 141 | 1:142,396 | 15,241 |
| United States | 92 | 1:3,939,771 | 214,590 |
| Mauritania | 57 | 1:71,840 | 4,858 |
| South Africa | 42 | 1:1,289,945 | 71,309 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1:272,795 | 11,064 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Jivá (28) are calculated separately.
Jiva (52,446) may also be a first name.
Jiva Demographics
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Jiva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jiva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jiva (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻴﻔﻪ, Hindi: जीवा, Marathi: जीवा, Tibetan: ཇི་བ་) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Jivá. Click here for other potential spellings of Jiva.
How Common Is The Last Name Jiva? popularity and diffusion
It is the 122,972nd most widely held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,961,654 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 67 percent of Jiva reside; 64 percent reside in South Asia and 64 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Jiva is also the 17,760th most widespread first name globally It is held by 52,446 people.
This surname is most common in India, where it is carried by 2,371 people, or 1 in 323,520. In India Jiva is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 36 percent are found, Madhya Pradesh, where 23 percent are found and Daman and Diu, where 17 percent are found. Excluding India this surname exists in 46 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 17 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.
Jiva Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Jiva surname are 1.94% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.17% being registered with the political party.
The amount Jiva earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 27.79% less than the national average, earning R 171,588 per year and in United States they earn 17.13% more than the national average, earning $50,540 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jiva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jiva in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻴﻔﻪ | jyfh | - |
| Jiva in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཇི་བ་ | jiwa | - |
| Jiva in the Marathi language | ||
| जीवा | jiva | 99.34 |
| जीव | jiva | 0.48 |
| Jiva in the Hindi language | ||
| जीवा | jiva | 98.63 |
| जिवा | jiva | 1.18 |
| सीता | sita | 0.01 |
| जिबा | jiba | 0.01 |
| वाला | vala | 0.01 |
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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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- 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 Jiva
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