Svalba Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Svalba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Svalba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia401:51,2517,768
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Švalba (11) are calculated separately.

Svalba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Svalba (Russian: Свальба) occurs more in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Švalba. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Svalba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,944,094th most common last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Svalba reside; 91 percent reside in Northern Europe and 91 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

The last name Svalba is most widely held in Latvia, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 51,251. In Latvia it is most common in: Latgale, where 90 percent reside, Riga Planning Region, where 5 percent reside and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Latvia Svalba occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 5 percent reside and Ukraine, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Švalba9411/
Shvalba9220/
Svalbach862/
Svalbe83336/
Svolba8337/
Svalby8326/
Swalba830/
Shvalbe7741/
Shvalbo774/
Svalbis771/
Svalber771/
Shvalbi771/
Schwalba7130/
Švalbach7120/
Swalbach7112/
Schvalbe7111/
Sbalbi67137/
Swalby6749/
Švolba6742/
Swalbe6720/
Sualua6712/
Švalbe679/
Sualbi678/
Schvallbe675/
Svelbo671/
Cualba671/

Svalba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Svalba in the Russian language
Свальбаsvalba-

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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 Svalba
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