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
Laves (Hindi: लावेश, Marathi: लवेस, Russian: Лавес) occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Laves.
How Common Is The Last Name Laves? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 677,464th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 16,562,604 people. The last name Laves occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Laves are found; 87 percent are found in South America and 85 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 605,116th most numerous forename worldwide, held by 222 people.
The surname Laves is most numerous in Brazil, where it is held by 372 people, or 1 in 575,469. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 26 percent are found, Bahia, where 11 percent are found and Tocantins, where 7 percent are found. Barring Brazil this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 9 percent are found and Argentina, where 2 percent are found.
Laves Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Laves has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Laves last name declined 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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