Loiva Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Loiva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 50 | 1:109,934 | 10,946 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Loiva (3,851) may also be a first name.
Loiva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Loiva Come From? nationality or country of origin
Loiva occurs in Finland more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Loiva click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Loiva? popularity and diffusion
Loiva is the 2,273,756th most frequent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Loiva live; 71 percent live in Northern Europe and 71 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 113,171st most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 3,851 people.
The last name is most common in Finland, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 109,934. In Finland it is most numerous in: Uusimaa, where 38 percent reside, Northern Savonia, where 30 percent reside and South Karelia, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Finland this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside and Brazil, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Loiva
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