Raava Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Raava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estonia | 58 | 1:22,790 | 4,104 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
Raava (16) may also be a first name.
Raava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Raava (Arabic: راؤفا) is found in Estonia more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Raava? popularity and diffusion
Raava is the 2,273,756th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Raava live; 84 percent live in Northern Europe and 83 percent live in Baltic Europe. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent forename on earth, borne by 16 people.
Raava is most frequently used in Estonia, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 22,790. Without taking into account Estonia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 16 percent reside and Finland, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Raava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Raava in the Arabic language | ||
| راؤفا | rawfa | - |
| رابعا | raba | - |
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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 Raava
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