Lavka Surname

560,645th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 566 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Lavka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lavka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia3401:423,89140,477
Ukraine1361:334,72641,909
Slovenia291:85,78210,816
Kazakhstan271:654,90744,542
United States251:14,498,357517,445
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680

Lavka (66) may also be a first name.

Lavka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lavka (Hindi: लव्का, Russian: Лавка) occurs in Russia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lavka? popularity and diffusion

It is the 560,645th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 12,875,523 people. The surname Lavka occurs predominantly in Europe, where 74 percent of Lavka live; 69 percent live in Eastern Europe and 69 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Lavka is also the 1,201,840th most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 66 people.

This last name is most frequent in Russia, where it is borne by 340 people, or 1 in 423,891. In Russia it is mostly found in: Moscow, where 9 percent are found, Bashkortostan Republic, where 6 percent are found and Republic of Tatarstan, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Russia this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 24 percent are found and Slovenia, where 5 percent are found.

Lavka Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Lavka last name is principally Orthodox (67%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Lavka surname are 10.41% more likely to be registered with the Other Party than The US average, with 36.36% registered with the political party.

Lavka earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 31.5% more than the national average, earning $56,742 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hlavka91587/
Lavkai91209/
Lavkay9138/
Lavkat913/
Lawka802,173/
Lavko80182/
Lovka8080/
Lafka8023/
Lavkó809/
Lavke803/
Lavki801/
Hlávka73993/
Lafkas73303/
Hlafka7358/
Hlawka7347/
Lavker7344/
Hlavko7332/
Laufka7319/
Lyovka7312/
Lovkay738/
Hlavca737/
Lafkai736/
Hlovka734/
Lovkai733/
Labkaa733/
Labkai731/
Liovka731/
Lawkai731/
Hlabka731/
Laffka730/
Lavkajová711/
Lovkaya6763/
Laffkas6721/
Laphkas679/
Laufkas676/

Lavka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lavka in the Hindi language
लव्काlavka50
लवकाlavaka50
Lavka in the Russian language
Лавкаlavka-

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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 Lavka
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