Slava Surname
Approximately 830 people bear this surname
Slava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 456 | 1:99,830 | 14,314 |
| South Africa | 142 | 1:381,533 | 34,124 |
| Latvia | 72 | 1:28,473 | 4,366 |
| United States | 52 | 1:6,970,364 | 322,914 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Peru | 11 | 1:2,889,466 | 28,985 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
The alternate forms: Sláva (126) are calculated separately.
Slava (52,915) may also be a first name.
Slava Demographics
Slava Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Slava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Slava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Slava (Arabic: سُلافا, Georgian: სლავა, Marathi: सलवा) is found most in Ukraine. It can also be found in the variant forms: Sláva. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Slava? popularity and diffusion
The surname Slava is the 418,547th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 8,780,176 people. The surname Slava is primarily found in Europe, where 68 percent of Slava live; 56 percent live in Eastern Europe and 55 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Slava is also the 17,645th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 52,915 people.
The surname is most frequent in Ukraine, where it is carried by 456 people, or 1 in 99,830. In Ukraine Slava is most numerous in: Zakarpattia Oblast, where 77 percent live, Odessa Oblast, where 8 percent live and Rivne Oblast, where 3 percent live. Apart from Ukraine Slava occurs in 36 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 17 percent live and Latvia, where 9 percent live.
Slava Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Orthodox (78%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Slava last name are 1.32% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.55% registered with the party.
The amount Slava earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 56.38% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,456 per year; in South Africa they earn 29.67% less than the national average, earning R 167,136 per year and in United States they earn 23.01% less than the national average, earning $33,220 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Slava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Slava in the Georgian language | ||
| სლავა | slava | - |
| Slava in the Marathi language | ||
| सलवा | salava | - |
| Slava in the Arabic language | ||
| سُلافا | sulafa | - |
| سلافا | slafa | - |
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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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