Révay Surname

585,091st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 535 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Révay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Révay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia2591:20,6043,266
Hungary2031:48,3565,173
Czechia411:259,35334,723
Sweden211:468,89333,666
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

The alternate forms: Revay (614) are calculated separately.

Révay Last Name Facts

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

The last name Révay is found most frequently in Slovakia. It may occur in the variant forms: Revay. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Révay? popularity and diffusion

It is the 585,091st most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 13,621,581 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Révay are found; 94 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 56 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

Révay is most numerous in Slovakia, where it is carried by 259 people, or 1 in 20,604. In Slovakia it is mostly concentrated in: Nitra Region, where 44 percent reside, Bratislava Region, where 33 percent reside and Žilina Region, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Slovakia this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 38 percent reside and Czechia, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Revay93614/
Révy8943/
Réva891/
Rivay801,578/
Révai80655/
Révaj8038/
Rébay8024/
Révah804/
Réway801/
Révayová77283/
Revayi73195/
Rivaya73127/
Rivaiy7359/
Revajy7338/
Ritvay7314/
Revaya733/
Raivay733/
Rivayo732/
Risvay732/
Rivayi731/
Revayo731/
Revayy731/
Riva6774,285/
Reva6722,244/
Revy67388/
Ryva67101/
Révi6780/
Rýva6755/
Réba6714/
Revajiy676/
Réby675/
Rivy675/
Risvaya673/
Rivayat672/
Raivaye671/
Rivayad671/
Raivaya671/
Rivayau671/
Rêva671/
Ríva671/
Rjvy671/

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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 Révay
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