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
Lova Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
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 more frequently found in Madagascar than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Lóva. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lova? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 42,571st most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 595,680 people. The surname Lova is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Lova reside; 64 percent reside in Southern Africa and 63 percent reside in Barito Africa. It is also the 11,116th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 90,845 people.
The last name is most widely held in Madagascar, where it is borne by 7,761 people, or 1 in 3,047. Excluding Madagascar this surname occurs in 57 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 7 percent live and Russia, where 5 percent live.
Lova Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lova has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname 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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