Soava Surname

687,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 431 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Soava Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Soava Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania4231:47,4655,912
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Şoavă (136) are calculated separately.

Soava (11) may also be a first name.

Soava Last Name Facts

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

The surname Soava (Hindi: सोअवा) occurs more in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Şoavă. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Soava? popularity and diffusion

It is the 687,524th most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 16,908,459 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Soava reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 98 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 11 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is held by 423 people, or 1 in 47,465. In Romania it is mostly found in: Mehedinți County, where 29 percent live, Giurgiu County, where 26 percent live and Constanța County, where 15 percent live. Barring Romania this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Soľava9138/
Souava918/
Sohava914/
Şoavă87136/
Sohavad8323/
Soyaeva8316/
Shohava831/
Shoaeva831/
Soave809,224/
Soavi80429/
Soaba8056/
Saova804/
Soavy801/
Shaova73402/
Sahova73226/
Sohaba73204/
Sohawa73138/
Saaeva7372/
Soabat7360/
Soabas7353/
Soampa7326/
Sohova7320/
Soaves7317/
Souaba7317/
Sohavi738/
Shoavi734/
Souave734/
Soaiba732/
Shoawa732/
Soaive732/
Saauva731/
Shoaba731/
Joavas731/
Soanpa731/
Soabai731/
Souavi731/
Souavé731/
Soeova731/
Couava731/
Soavos731/
Soawua731/
Shahova67403/
Souabaa67298/
Shaaeva6775/
Souampa6754/
Shaoeva6728/
Souaiba6728/
Sahaeva6717/
Shoaiba6710/
Souanpa6710/
Schoaba679/
Sohabah675/
Soaibah674/
Shohova674/
Sohaiba674/
Joaivad673/
Shoaivi673/
Saovaya671/
Shoaive671/
Sahauva671/
Saehova671/
Saahova671/
Shohaba671/
Soampai671/
Souaive671/
Souaveh671/
Shohavi671/
Sahoova671/
Soohawa671/
Shaeova671/
Shauova671/

Soava Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Soava in the Hindi language
सोअवाso'ava-

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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 Soava
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