Laves Surname
Approximately 440 people bear this surname
Laves Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 372 | 1:575,469 | 21,465 |
| Germany | 38 | 1:2,118,565 | 113,742 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 19 | 1:1,282,914 | 46,315 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
Laves (222) may also be a first name.
Laves Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laves Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Laves (Hindi: लावेश, Marathi: लवेस, Russian: Лавес) occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Laves? popularity and diffusion
The surname Laves is the 677,464th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 16,562,604 people. The last name Laves occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Laves live; 87 percent live in South America and 85 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 605,116th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 222 people.
The last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 372 people, or 1 in 575,469. In Brazil Laves is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 26 percent live, Bahia, where 11 percent live and Tocantins, where 7 percent live. Aside from Brazil this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 9 percent live and Argentina, where 2 percent live.
Laves Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Laves has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Laves surname decreased 79 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Laves Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Laves in the Marathi language | ||
| लवेस | lavesa | 83.33 |
| लावेस | lavesa | 16.67 |
| Laves in the Hindi language | ||
| लावेश | lavesa | 50 |
| लवेस | lavesa | 50 |
| Laves in the Russian language | ||
| Лавес | laves | - |
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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 Laves
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