Závada Surname

985,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 261 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Závada Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Závada Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia1911:55,6739,329
Slovakia501:106,72920,187
Hungary181:545,34933,535
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

The alternate forms: Zavada (4,672) & Zăvadă (9) are calculated separately.

Závada Last Name Facts

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

The last name Závada is held by more people in Czechia than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Zavada or Zăvadă. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Závada? popularity and diffusion

The surname Závada is the 985,740th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 27,921,632 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Závada live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 92 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The last name Závada is most frequently held in Czechia, where it is borne by 191 people, or 1 in 55,673. In Czechia Závada is primarily concentrated in: Moravian-Silesian Region, where 42 percent live, Zlín Region, where 13 percent live and Prague, where 12 percent live. Beside Czechia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 19 percent live and Hungary, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zavada944,672/
Zăvadă899/
Závoda8381/
Zawada6716,937/
Cavada675,288/
Zowada67667/
Zavoda67427/
Savada67367/
Závodi67322/
Zabada67164/
Javada6767/
Zavadi6751/
Zobada6750/
Zavade6746/
Covada6732/
Sovada6720/
Závody6716/
Zawoda6715/
Zovade675/
Zavado675/
Zaboda673/
Zavady672/
Jovada671/
Závodaová671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Závada
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