Ritva Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Ritva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 18 | 1:305,372 | 22,464 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Ritva (40,680) may also be a first name.
Ritva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ritva Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ritva (Arabic: ريتفا, Hindi: रितवा) is carried by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ritva? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,798,600th most common family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 78 percent of Ritva reside; 70 percent reside in Northern Europe and 70 percent reside in Scandinavia. Ritva is also the 21,896th most widespread forename worldwide, held by 40,680 people.
The surname Ritva is most frequently occurring in Finland, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 305,372. In Finland Ritva is most prevalent in: Uusimaa, where 33 percent are found, Central Finland, where 22 percent are found and Southwest Finland, where 17 percent are found. Not including Finland this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ritva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ritva in the Hindi language | ||
| रितवा | ritava | 54.84 |
| रीतवा | ritava | 41.94 |
| रित्वा | ritva | 3.23 |
| Ritva in the Arabic language | ||
| ريتفا | rytfa | - |
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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 Ritva
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