Lav Surname

113,617th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,071 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cambodia
Highest density in:
Cambodia

Lav Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lav Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cambodia3,1171:4,969712
India4071:1,884,68265,911
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
United States1231:2,946,821172,836
Turkey261:2,993,13285,930
Taiwan211:1,116,4167,706
England181:3,095,448105,421
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Ukraine161:2,845,168170,459
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
France111:6,038,429280,838
Italy101:6,115,669111,715
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
China21:683,660,78330,601
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

Lav (25,288) may also be a first name.

Lav Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lav Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Lav (Georgian: ლავ, Hindi: लव, Marathi: लव) occurs more in Cambodia more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Lav click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lav? popularity and diffusion

It is the 113,617th most frequent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,790,112 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Lav are found; 77 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 77 percent are found in Khmer-Asia. Lav is also the 31,728th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 25,288 people.

It is most commonly held in Cambodia, where it is held by 3,117 people, or 1 in 4,969. In Cambodia it is mostly concentrated in: Siem Reap Province, where 17 percent are found, Phnom Penh, where 17 percent are found and Kampot Province, where 9 percent are found. Beside Cambodia Lav occurs in 56 countries. It also occurs in India, where 10 percent are found and Egypt, where 4 percent are found.

Lav Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Lav surname is predominantly Orthodox (68%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Lav last name are 7.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.17% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Lav earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 8.26% less than the national average, earning $39,584 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.36% more than the national average, earning $55,327 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Laev86435/
Liav86370/
Lauv86186/
Leav8686/
Lavs8679/
Laiv8662/
Laav8652/
Lavš8638/
Lavh866/
Llav864/
Lyav863/
Lavt862/
Lavp861/
Lavd861/
Lavz861/
Lavı861/
Latv861/
Lahv861/
Lahav753,231/
Lyauv7535/
Lavås7518/
Lyaev7517/
Lauvs7511/
Leavh751/
Hlavs751/
Lhavt751/
Llavì751/
Llavw751/
Liavw751/
Laivd751/
Law67246,411/
Lev6711,153/
Lap678,996/
Lab677,361/
Lov673,092/
Laf67842/
Lapova67744/
Löv67366/
Lauvås67272/
Lavova6783/
Lavová6774/
Labová6758/
Labova6734/
Lév6710/
Lafova672/
Laheev671/
Lafová671/
Lavsch671/
Lapová671/
Lahavs671/

Lav Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lav in the Georgian language
ლავlav-
Lav in the Hindi language
लवlava99.4
Lav in the Marathi language
लवlava98.3

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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 Lav
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