Lova Surname
Approximately 12,234 people bear this surname
Lova Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madagascar | 7,761 | 1:3,047 | 638 |
| Bangladesh | 811 | 1:196,494 | 6,734 |
| Russia | 655 | 1:220,035 | 23,859 |
| Indonesia | 634 | 1:208,595 | 19,641 |
| DR Congo | 486 | 1:152,016 | 15,865 |
| Tanzania | 452 | 1:117,127 | 11,217 |
| India | 288 | 1:2,663,421 | 83,248 |
| Italy | 198 | 1:308,872 | 38,435 |
| Papua New Guinea | 155 | 1:52,605 | 6,626 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Spain | 87 | 1:537,380 | 26,266 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 78 | 1:76,572 | 9,992 |
| Solomon Islands | 67 | 1:8,657 | 1,439 |
| Philippines | 66 | 1:1,533,912 | 105,821 |
| United States | 48 | 1:7,551,228 | 341,161 |
| South Africa | 44 | 1:1,231,311 | 69,478 |
| Belarus | 38 | 1:250,028 | 29,656 |
| Brazil | 34 | 1:6,296,304 | 151,940 |
| Ukraine | 24 | 1:1,896,779 | 136,831 |
| Kazakhstan | 22 | 1:803,750 | 51,043 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 34 | 1:1,477,020 | 79,266 |
The alternate forms: Lóva (1) are calculated separately.
Lova (90,845) may also be a first name.
Lova Demographics
Average Lova Salary in
United States
$26,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lova Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lova Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lova (Georgian: ლოვა, Hindi: लोवा, Oriya: େଲାଭା, Russian: Лова) is found most in Madagascar. It may also occur in the variant forms: Lóva. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lova? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lova is the 42,571st most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 595,680 people. The surname Lova occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Lova are found; 64 percent are found in Southern Africa and 63 percent are found in Barito Africa. Lova is also the 11,116th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 90,845 people.
Lova is most prevalent in Madagascar, where it is borne by 7,761 people, or 1 in 3,047. Aside from Madagascar this last name exists in 57 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 7 percent are found and Russia, where 5 percent are found.
Lova Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lova has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lova last name expanded 141 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lova Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (94%) in Russia and Orthodox (77%) in Ukraine.
The amount Lova earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 68.44% less than the national average, earning R 75,000 per year and in United States they earn 39.45% less than the national average, earning $26,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lova Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lova in the Georgian language | ||
| ლოვა | lova | - |
| Lova in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲାଭା | elabha | - |
| Lova in the Hindi language | ||
| लोवा | lova | 80 |
| लोव | lova | 20 |
| Lova in the Russian language | ||
| Лова | lova | - |
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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 Lova
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