Klava Surname
Approximately 1,732 people bear this surname
Klava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 1,149 | 1:1,784 | 185 |
| Brazil | 195 | 1:1,097,817 | 38,391 |
| United States | 142 | 1:2,552,528 | 155,105 |
| Russia | 109 | 1:1,322,230 | 94,006 |
| Ukraine | 32 | 1:1,422,584 | 115,871 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Transnistria | 2 | 1:237,350 | 16,204 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Kļava (11) & Klāva (3) are calculated separately.
Klava (4,167) may also be a first name.
Klava Demographics
Average Klava Salary in
United States
$35,018 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Klava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Klava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Klava (Georgian: კლავა, Russian: Клава) is held by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Kļava or Klāva. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Klava? popularity and diffusion
The surname Klava is the 232,966th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,207,590 people. The surname Klava is mostly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Klava reside; 68 percent reside in Northern Europe and 66 percent reside in Baltic Europe. It is also the 107,566th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 4,167 people.
The surname Klava is most widely held in Latvia, where it is carried by 1,149 people, or 1 in 1,784. In Latvia it is most common in: Riga Planning Region, where 41 percent live, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 36 percent live and Semigallia, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Latvia it occurs in 34 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.
Klava Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Klava has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Klava surname grew 1,775 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Klava Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Orthodox (62%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Klava are 31.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 78.57% being registered with the political party.
Klava earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.84% less than the national average, earning $35,018 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Klava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Klava in the Georgian language | ||
| კლავა | klava | - |
| Klava in the Russian language | ||
| Клава | klava | - |
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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 Klava
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