Pavía Surname

1,795,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Pavía Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Pavía Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain551:850,03734,138
Mexico271:4,597,26727,985
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
France11:66,422,722504,397
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
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The alternate forms: Pavia (13,853) are calculated separately.

Pavía Last Name Facts

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

Pavía is most common in Spain. It may also appear as a variant: Pavia. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pavía? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,795,579th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. The surname Pavía is mostly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Pavía are found; 52 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 52 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

The surname Pavía is most frequent in Spain, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 850,037. In Spain it is most numerous in: Valencian Community, where 36 percent live, Madrid, where 31 percent live and Catalonia, where 13 percent live. Aside from Spain this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 26 percent live and Argentina, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pavia9313,853/
Pavya8014/
Pavea801/
Pavias7390/
Paevya7336/
Pavhya737/
Paveai735/
Peavia734/
Paivia732/
Pauvia732/
Peavea731/
Pahvja731/
Paivea731/
Pavaiya6772/
Pavuhia677/
Pahveah671/
Pavujya671/
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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 Pavía
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