Leva Surname
Approximately 15,656 people bear this surname
Leva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 3,631 | 1:16,843 | 2,872 |
| India | 1,398 | 1:548,688 | 27,026 |
| Russia | 1,291 | 1:111,637 | 13,526 |
| United States | 1,194 | 1:303,567 | 27,933 |
| Peru | 1,075 | 1:29,567 | 3,047 |
| Nigeria | 1,009 | 1:175,563 | 10,839 |
| Ukraine | 715 | 1:63,668 | 9,164 |
| Vietnam | 598 | 1:154,927 | 869 |
| Papua New Guinea | 541 | 1:15,072 | 1,459 |
| Spain | 521 | 1:89,735 | 7,546 |
| Argentina | 515 | 1:82,997 | 7,015 |
| France | 507 | 1:131,011 | 20,020 |
| Slovenia | 295 | 1:8,433 | 1,917 |
| Romania | 281 | 1:71,451 | 8,538 |
| Brazil | 275 | 1:778,452 | 28,292 |
| Moldova | 266 | 1:13,389 | 2,297 |
| Germany | 192 | 1:419,299 | 38,092 |
| Philippines | 152 | 1:666,041 | 69,183 |
| Canada | 141 | 1:261,316 | 24,674 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Honduras | 120 | 1:73,470 | 1,482 |
| Venezuela | 88 | 1:343,228 | 7,518 |
| Belgium | 82 | 1:140,203 | 20,001 |
| Mexico | 78 | 1:1,591,362 | 16,746 |
| Switzerland | 72 | 1:114,068 | 11,784 |
| Finland | 47 | 1:116,951 | 11,447 |
| Solomon Islands | 38 | 1:15,264 | 2,918 |
| Chile | 35 | 1:503,328 | 12,866 |
| Turkey | 29 | 1:2,683,497 | 81,313 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Albania | 22 | 1:132,457 | 11,174 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Colombia | 22 | 1:2,171,549 | 12,645 |
| Uruguay | 21 | 1:163,417 | 13,939 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Madagascar | 16 | 1:1,478,115 | 2,908 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Kazakhstan | 15 | 1:1,178,833 | 65,606 |
| Israel | 13 | 1:658,280 | 45,106 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Belarus | 12 | 1:791,755 | 62,255 |
| Serbia | 10 | 1:714,495 | 24,752 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Guatemala | 10 | 1:1,608,267 | 5,853 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Croatia | 7 | 1:604,086 | 40,820 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 58 | 1:865,839 | 52,959 |
The alternate forms: Levá (851), Levå (19) & Léva (15) are calculated separately.
Leva (7,831) may also be a first name.
Leva Demographics
Average Male Leva Height
175.94 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Leva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leva (Arabic: ليفا, Georgian: ლევა, Hindi: लेवा, Marathi: लेवा, Russian: Лева) is borne by more people in Italy than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Levá, Levå or Léva. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leva? popularity and diffusion
It is the 33,909th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 465,479 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 45 percent of Leva reside; 27 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 23 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 72,121st most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 7,831 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Italy, where it is borne by 3,631 people, or 1 in 16,843. In Italy Leva is most frequent in: Lombardy, where 35 percent reside, Lazio, where 15 percent reside and Piedmont, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Italy this last name occurs in 83 countries. It is also common in India, where 9 percent reside and Russia, where 8 percent reside.
Leva Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Leva has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Leva surname increased 2,059 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 2,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Leva Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Orthodox (81%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (71%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Leva surname are 8.56% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 61.79% registered with the party.
The amount Leva earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 33.64% less than the national average, earning €19,927 per year; in Peru they earn 27.29% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,094 per year; in Colombia they earn 31.99% less than the national average, earning $15,439,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.19% more than the national average, earning $45,822 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.06% more than the national average, earning $57,664 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leva in the Georgian language | ||
| ლევა | leva | - |
| Leva in the Hindi language | ||
| लेवा | leva | - |
| Leva in the Marathi language | ||
| लेवा | leva | - |
| Leva in the Russian language | ||
| Лева | leva | - |
| Leva in the Arabic language | ||
| ليفا | lyfa | - |
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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
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