Sava Surname
Approximately 46,221 people bear this surname
Sava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 26,293 | 1:764 | 96 |
| India | 7,617 | 1:100,704 | 6,607 |
| Moldova | 2,193 | 1:1,624 | 177 |
| Italy | 1,623 | 1:37,681 | 6,771 |
| Ukraine | 1,328 | 1:34,279 | 4,966 |
| Russia | 1,039 | 1:138,713 | 16,182 |
| United States | 966 | 1:375,216 | 33,203 |
| Spain | 827 | 1:56,532 | 5,205 |
| Turkey | 675 | 1:115,291 | 9,700 |
| Brazil | 383 | 1:558,941 | 20,909 |
| Argentina | 328 | 1:130,315 | 11,038 |
| Albania | 289 | 1:10,083 | 1,901 |
| France | 248 | 1:267,834 | 41,280 |
| Canada | 176 | 1:209,350 | 20,314 |
| Benin | 163 | 1:63,409 | 7,789 |
| Greece | 153 | 1:72,417 | 12,164 |
| Philippines | 149 | 1:679,451 | 69,999 |
| Peru | 133 | 1:238,978 | 10,094 |
| Belarus | 130 | 1:73,085 | 11,847 |
| Papua New Guinea | 112 | 1:72,801 | 9,515 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Iran | 93 | 1:825,619 | 40,849 |
| Serbia | 89 | 1:80,280 | 6,904 |
| England | 81 | 1:687,877 | 39,238 |
| Sweden | 77 | 1:127,880 | 9,055 |
| Germany | 72 | 1:1,118,131 | 74,279 |
| Belgium | 69 | 1:166,618 | 22,787 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Uzbekistan | 54 | 1:572,762 | 12,592 |
| Australia | 48 | 1:562,410 | 41,290 |
| Kazakhstan | 48 | 1:368,385 | 29,407 |
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| Switzerland | 42 | 1:195,546 | 17,263 |
| Transnistria | 42 | 1:11,302 | 2,219 |
| Lithuania | 25 | 1:121,384 | 14,277 |
| Kenya | 24 | 1:1,924,162 | 36,129 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Venezuela | 18 | 1:1,678,004 | 21,578 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Czechia | 16 | 1:664,592 | 62,292 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Denmark | 15 | 1:376,314 | 25,792 |
| Finland | 13 | 1:422,823 | 27,659 |
| Nepal | 13 | 1:2,190,843 | 8,518 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 10 | 1:597,265 | 42,601 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Madagascar | 9 | 1:2,627,760 | 3,802 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1:1,395,781 | 41,665 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | 1:884,100 | 15,259 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Sáva (17), Savà (7) & Savá (3) are calculated separately.
Sava (45,387) may also be a first name.
Sava Demographics
Average Male Sava Height
174.21 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sava (Arabic: سافا, Bengali: সভা, Georgian: სავა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻔﺎﺀ, Hindi: सवा, Marathi: सावा, Oriya: ସାଭା, Russian: Сава, Tibetan: ས་བཱ་) is most common in Romania. It can also appear in the variant forms: Sáva, Savà or Savá. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sava? popularity and diffusion
Sava is the 12,156th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 157,667 people. The last name Sava occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Sava live; 67 percent live in Eastern Europe and 62 percent live in Romanian Europe. Sava is also the 20,060th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 45,387 people.
The surname is most widespread in Romania, where it is borne by 26,293 people, or 1 in 764. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Bucharest Municipality, where 8 percent live, Buzău County, where 7 percent live and Iași County, where 7 percent live. Beside Romania this last name occurs in 114 countries. It is also found in India, where 16 percent live and Moldova, where 5 percent live.
Sava Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sava has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sava last name rose 9,660 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sava Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (89%) in Russia, Orthodox (71%) in Belarus, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Sava surname are 5.5% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.27% registered with the political party.
The amount Sava earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 55.62% less than the national average, earning €13,326 per year; in Peru they earn 43.85% more than the national average, earning S/. 27,886 per year; in South Africa they earn 77.6% less than the national average, earning R 53,232 per year; in United States they earn 13.72% more than the national average, earning $49,069 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.25% more than the national average, earning $51,796 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sava in the Georgian language | ||
| სავა | sava | - |
| Sava in the Tibetan language | ||
| ས་བཱ་ | saba | - |
| Sava in the Bengali language | ||
| সভা | sabha | - |
| Sava in the Hindi language | ||
| सवा | sava | 97.64 |
| सावा | sava | 1.95 |
| सबा | saba | 0.13 |
| सेवा | seva | 0.03 |
| शवा | sava | 0.03 |
| शिवा | siva | 0.03 |
| शिव | siva | 0.03 |
| सवा़ | sava | 0.01 |
| सव | sava | 0.01 |
| साव | sava | 0.01 |
| हवा | hava | 0.01 |
| सव्य | savya | 0.01 |
| Sava in the Marathi language | ||
| सावा | sava | 59.39 |
| सवा | sava | 39.25 |
| साव | sava | 0.68 |
| Sava in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାଭା | sabha | 50 |
| ସଭା | sabha | 50 |
| Sava in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻔﺎﺀ | sfa | 45.45 |
| ﺍﻟﺼﻔﺎ | alsfa | 27.27 |
| ﺻﻔﺎ | sfa | 18.18 |
| ﺍﻟﺼﻔﺎﺀ | alsfa | 9.09 |
| Sava in the Russian language | ||
| Сава | sava | - |
| Sava in the Arabic language | ||
| سافا | safa | - |
| سفا | sfa | - |
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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 Sava
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