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
The surname Ritva (Arabic: ريتفا, Hindi: रितवा) is carried by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ritva? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most prevalent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Ritva occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Ritva are found; 70 percent are found in Northern Europe and 70 percent are found in Scandinavia. Ritva is also the 21,896th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 40,680 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Finland, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 305,372. In Finland it is mostly concentrated in: Uusimaa, where 33 percent reside, Central Finland, where 22 percent reside and Southwest Finland, where 17 percent reside. Not including Finland Ritva occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent reside and India, where 7 percent reside.
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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