Spalva Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Spalva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 122 | 1:16,804 | 2,491 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Spalva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Spalva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Spalva (Russian: Спалва) is borne by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Spalva? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,484,726th most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Spalva live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 92 percent live in Baltic Europe.
This last name is most common in Latvia, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 16,804. In Latvia Spalva is primarily concentrated in: Semigallia, where 33 percent are found, Latgale, where 25 percent are found and Vidzeme, where 21 percent are found. Other than Latvia this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Estonia, where 6 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Spalva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spalva in the Russian language | ||
| Спалва | spalva | - |
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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 Spalva
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