Kňava Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Kňava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 80 | 1:132,918 | 21,095 |
| Slovakia | 15 | 1:355,763 | 48,124 |
The alternate forms: Kňáva (17) are calculated separately.
Kňava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kňava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kňava (Arabic: كنافي) occurs more in Czechia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Kňáva. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kňava? popularity and diffusion
Kňava is the 1,907,068th most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name Kňava occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kňava are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Czechia, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 132,918. In Czechia it is most common in: Pardubice Region, where 40 percent are found, Ústí nad Labem Region, where 26 percent are found and Central Bohemian Region, where 20 percent are found. Other than Czechia Kňava is found in one country. It is also found in Slovakia, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kňava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kňava in the Arabic language | ||
| كنافي | knafy | - |
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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 Kňava
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