Liiva Surname

727,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 399 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Estonia
Highest density in:
Estonia

Liiva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Liiva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Estonia3681:3,592292
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Finland61:916,11741,832
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Liiva (10) may also be a first name.

Liiva Last Name Facts

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

Liiva (Russian: Лиива) is held by more people in Estonia than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Liiva? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 727,600th most numerous family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 18,264,526 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Liiva reside; 96 percent reside in Northern Europe and 92 percent reside in Baltic Europe. It is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name globally, borne by 10 people.

The surname is most widely held in Estonia, where it is held by 368 people, or 1 in 3,592. Other than Estonia this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Finland, where 2 percent are found.

Liiva Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Liiva surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.

Liiva earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Liivat91154/
Liivas9125/
Lieva80859/
Liivo8052/
Liive8050/
Ljiva8012/
Liiba805/
Liyva802/
Liiwa801/
Liiver7379/
Liivet7361/
Lievaj7328/
Leivah7314/
Llieva738/
Liibay733/
Lyivay732/
Lijiba732/
Lyivai731/
Lieyva731/
Lihiba731/
Hlieva731/
Lievas731/
Lioeva731/
Liivoo731/
Lihive731/
Lievaux67223/
Lihaiwa67171/
Hlyiova679/
Liévaux676/
Liinpaa672/
Lievaut671/
Liitvee671/
Lajieva671/
Hlievay671/
Leiyeva671/

Liiva Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Liiva in the Russian language
Лииваliiva-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Liiva
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