Polva Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Polva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil761:2,816,76883,410
Ukraine131:3,501,746189,921
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Polva (11) may also be a first name.

Polva Last Name Facts

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

The surname Polva (Hindi: पोलवा, Russian: Польва) is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Polva click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Polva? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,918,812th most frequent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name Polva is primarily found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Polva are found; 81 percent are found in South America and 81 percent are found in Luso-South America. Polva is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 11 people.

The surname Polva is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 2,816,768. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Maranhão, where 68 percent reside, Pará, where 9 percent reside and Santa Catarina, where 5 percent reside. Besides Brazil it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 14 percent reside and Russia, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Polvoa9134/
Polvay9112/
Polvas9110/
Polvat916/
Polvai910/
Polvaya832/
Polvach831/
Polvo801,283/
Polvi80624/
Palva80434/
Polve80137/
Polwa8040/
Pelva8019/
Polua8010/
Polvy809/
Polvé803/
Polba802/
Poulveau771/
Palvai731,229/
Polvos73393/
Polver73121/
Poilve73104/
Pelvay7347/
Pallva7343/
Polves7336/
Polway7335/
Palvay7326/
Palvas7325/
Polvis7324/
Polwah7322/
Polhua7316/
Palvad7314/
Poilvé7313/
Polwai7310/
Polvet738/
Polwat736/
Polbat736/
Palvaa735/
Paalva735/
Polwad735/
Poluea734/
Pholua733/
Pohlua733/
Polvee732/
Palvat732/
Pelvai731/
Pollvo731/
Pollua731/
Polvoy731/
Palvau731/
Poluah731/
Polbea731/
Pholwa731/
Polvio730/
Potelwa671,434/
Polyuha671,078/
Poilvet67257/
Poulvet6746/
Poilvez6714/
Palvaya6714/
Poolwas6714/
Polbach6712/
Pholwat6710/
Pooluea676/
Polhuha675/
Polbash675/
Paalvai675/
Pallvay675/
Polvist674/
Palvadh674/
Palvaai674/
Pallvai674/
Poileve674/
Pholuea673/
Poulvou672/
Paalvay671/
Poilevé671/
Polvich671/
Polvish671/
Polvith671/
Patlvat671/
Paulvaz671/
Pholbai671/
Paalvas671/
Palvaia671/
Palvhai671/
Polwais671/
Phollua671/
Pholwad671/
Pholwai671/
Pholwha671/
Pollwat671/
Polvech671/
Poulver670/

Polva Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Polva in the Hindi language
पोलवाpolava-
Polva in the Russian language
Польваpolva-

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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 Polva
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