Nava Surname
Approximately 353,616 people bear this surname
Nava Surname Definition:
NAVA, KNAVA: Hals gives the British words nave, nava, nawe, knawe, and he seems to think the name may have meant "a servant, steward, ambassador, minister, or messenger of God, Christ, his king, prince, or other master," and he says, "it is a name of office of one that is a substitute or viceregeut, and acts under another.
Read More About This SurnameNava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 220,864 | 1:562 | 85 |
| Venezuela | 42,806 | 1:706 | 140 |
| United States | 29,330 | 1:12,358 | 1,529 |
| Italy | 15,062 | 1:4,060 | 411 |
| India | 13,834 | 1:55,448 | 3,806 |
| Philippines | 12,693 | 1:7,976 | 730 |
| Bolivia | 4,598 | 1:2,309 | 407 |
| Spain | 2,841 | 1:16,456 | 1,869 |
| Brazil | 2,709 | 1:79,023 | 2,963 |
| Argentina | 1,378 | 1:31,018 | 2,605 |
| Colombia | 1,281 | 1:37,294 | 2,153 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,243 | 1:16,741 | 2,341 |
| Peru | 749 | 1:42,435 | 3,868 |
| France | 511 | 1:129,986 | 19,844 |
| Saudi Arabia | 477 | 1:64,687 | 9,689 |
| Mauritania | 408 | 1:10,036 | 1,038 |
| Canada | 380 | 1:96,962 | 10,547 |
| Papua New Guinea | 235 | 1:34,697 | 4,087 |
| Switzerland | 209 | 1:39,296 | 5,604 |
| Fiji | 157 | 1:5,697 | 1,113 |
| Taiwan | 155 | 1:151,256 | 1,355 |
| Chile | 108 | 1:163,116 | 5,443 |
| England | 102 | 1:546,255 | 33,762 |
| Dominican Republic | 100 | 1:104,329 | 4,466 |
| Uruguay | 99 | 1:34,664 | 4,023 |
| Germany | 97 | 1:829,953 | 60,372 |
| Thailand | 89 | 1:793,689 | 128,670 |
| Singapore | 81 | 1:67,996 | 2,745 |
| South Africa | 80 | 1:677,221 | 49,167 |
| Guatemala | 78 | 1:206,188 | 3,870 |
| Russia | 74 | 1:1,947,609 | 122,573 |
| Uganda | 68 | 1:574,107 | 31,082 |
| Estonia | 58 | 1:22,790 | 4,104 |
| Australia | 52 | 1:519,148 | 39,018 |
| Paraguay | 51 | 1:141,897 | 2,990 |
| Cuba | 48 | 1:240,057 | 4,737 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Netherlands | 45 | 1:375,271 | 40,838 |
| Malaysia | 42 | 1:702,243 | 33,141 |
| Denmark | 34 | 1:166,021 | 14,242 |
| Aruba | 32 | 1:3,234 | 449 |
| Qatar | 25 | 1:94,320 | 10,875 |
| Iran | 22 | 1:3,490,115 | 99,764 |
| Panama | 22 | 1:177,830 | 5,396 |
| Solomon Islands | 20 | 1:29,001 | 5,821 |
| Ecuador | 19 | 1:837,150 | 13,424 |
| Israel | 17 | 1:503,390 | 37,521 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Ireland | 5 | 1:941,788 | 16,185 |
| Haiti | 5 | 1:2,136,781 | 15,037 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Honduras | 3 | 1:2,938,814 | 7,190 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Belize | 2 | 1:177,737 | 3,502 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 1:54,580 | 1,498 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 41 | 1:1,224,846 | 68,768 |
The alternate forms: Nàvà (1) are calculated separately.
Nava (47,376) may also be a first name.
Nava Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
NAVA, KNAVA: Hals gives the British words nave, nava, nawe, knawe, and he seems to think the name may have meant "a servant, steward, ambassador, minister, or messenger of God, Christ, his king, prince, or other master," and he says, "it is a name of office of one that is a substitute or viceregeut, and acts under another." compare the Anglo-Saxon cnapa, cnafa (Plat. Dutch knaap, German knabe), a boy, young man. "John Knava, of Godolphin, Esq., was struck sheriff of Cornwall by Hen. VII. in 1504." (Hals. )
Nava Demographics
Average Nava Salary in
United States
$35,797 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nava (Arabic: نافي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﻓﻊ, Hindi: नवा, Marathi: नवा, Oriya: ନାଭ, Russian: Нава, Tibetan: ན་བ་) is most common in Mexico. It can be rendered as: Nàvà. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nava? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,537th most widespread family name internationally, held by around 1 in 20,609 people. Nava occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Nava live; 71 percent live in North America and 62 percent live in Hispano-North America. It is also the 19,338th most frequently held forename world-wide, borne by 47,376 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Mexico, where it is borne by 220,864 people, or 1 in 562. In Mexico it is most prevalent in: México, where 22 percent reside, Guerrero, where 16 percent reside and Mexico City, where 11 percent reside. Not including Mexico this last name occurs in 116 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.
Nava Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Nava has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Nava surname rose 71,537 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 1,275 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Nava Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Nava surname is primarily Buddhist (63%) in Russia.
In The United States Nava are 42.23% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 95.46% being registered with the party.
The amount Nava earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 40.57% more than the national average, earning €42,213 per year; in Peru they earn 52.99% more than the national average, earning S/. 29,657 per year; in South Africa they earn 62.88% less than the national average, earning R 88,212 per year; in Colombia they earn 23.03% more than the national average, earning $27,931,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 17.04% less than the national average, earning $35,797 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.43% more than the national average, earning $50,888 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nava in the Tibetan language | ||
| ན་བ་ | nawa | - |
| Nava in the Oriya language | ||
| ନାଭ | nabha | - |
| Nava in the Hindi language | ||
| नवा | nava | 99.01 |
| नावा | nava | 0.72 |
| नव | nava | 0.07 |
| Nava in the Marathi language | ||
| नवा | nava | 88.45 |
| नावा | nava | 11.55 |
| Nava in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﺎﻓﻊ | naf | 87.23 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻓﻊ | alnaf | 10.64 |
| ﻧﺎﻓﻪ | nafh | 0.71 |
| ﺍﻧﻔﻊ | anf | 0.71 |
| Nava in the Russian language | ||
| Нава | nava | - |
| Nava in the Arabic language | ||
| نافي | nafy | - |
| نبعا | nba | - |
| نافا | nafa | - |
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