Álava Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Álava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Alava (28,419) are calculated separately.
Álava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Álava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Álava is held by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Alava. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Álava? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,206,983rd most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 77 percent of Álava reside; 73 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 73 percent reside in Iberian Europe.
The surname is most frequent in Spain, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 3,116,802. In Spain it is most common in: Madrid, where 47 percent are found, Basque Country, where 27 percent are found and Galicia, where 13 percent are found. Barring Spain it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Ecuador, where 9 percent are found and Colombia, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Álava
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