Vía Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Peru

Vía Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vía Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Peru131:2,444,93327,186
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295

The alternate forms: Via (14,667), Vìa (1) & Viå (2) are calculated separately.

Vía Last Name Facts

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

The last name Vía is most common in Peru. It can also be found as: Via, Vìa or Viå. For other potential spellings of Vía click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vía? popularity and diffusion

The surname Vía is the 3,432,070th most widely held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. Vía occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Vía reside; 55 percent reside in South America and 42 percent reside in Andean South America.

It is most commonly occurring in Peru, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 2,444,933. Beside Peru this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 30 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Via8914,667/
Vìa891/
Vías866/
Va8061,997/
807/
Viå782/
Vai6763,284/
Voa6733,998/
Vah678,844/
Vea676,145/
Vua676,049/
Vay675,346/
Vau672,691/
Vaa671,806/
Vao671,133/
Vya67834/
Vae67770/
Hva67326/
Vwa67304/
Vva67109/
Vha6716/
Wva674/
Vío674/
Vja673/
Víu672/
Veí672/
Fía672/
Vaï671/
Véa671/

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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 Vía
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