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Where Does The Last Name Slav Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Slav (Russian: Слав) is more frequently found in Romania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Slăv. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Slav? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 160,228^th most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,677,276 people. The surname Slav occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Slav reside; 81 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 58 percent reside in Romanian Europe. Slav is also the 115,438^th most frequently used forename globally. It is borne by 3,722 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Romania, where it is carried by 1,074 people, or 1 in 18,694. In Romania Slav is primarily found in: Bucharest Municipality, where 25 percent live, Ilfov County, where 23 percent live and Giurgiu County, where 14 percent live. Barring Romania this last name is found in 38 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 22 percent live and Moldova, where 19 percent live.

Slav Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Slav has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Slav last name fell 43 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Slav Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Orthodox (91%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Slav surname are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.56% registered with the political party.

Slav earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.14% more than the national average, earning $44,073 USD per year.