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

Závada is most common in Czechia. It can be found as a variant: Zavada or Zăvadă. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Závada? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 985,740th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,921,632 people. The surname Závada is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Závada reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 92 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

It is most numerous in Czechia, where it is held by 191 people, or 1 in 55,673. In Czechia it is primarily found in: Moravian-Silesian Region, where 42 percent live, Zlín Region, where 13 percent live and Prague, where 12 percent live. Apart from Czechia Závada exists in 3 countries. It also occurs 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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