Lava is used as a family name or surname in Brazil. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lava
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Brazil
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Lava

How popular is Lava?

Lava is common in Brazil.

Lava is ranked 47610 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Lavas grew by 9.574468 per cent to 309 since 2000 and ranked 64388 after elevating 1280 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 47.25 35.11
White 30.42 43.62
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 20.06 20.57
Lava is quite popular family name mostly used in Philippines while Faroe Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 10051 people have been found who wears Lava as their family name. Lava is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,318 China8
9,568 Thailand8
2,370 Iraq5
46,707 New Zealand5
14,580 Iran5
11,802 Egypt4
12,383 Armenia4
1,644 Nepal3
661,536 Indonesia3
7,683 Latvia3
26,321 Israel3
25,074 Greece3
20,837 Venezuela2
21,929 Algeria2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
26,532 Chile2
4,086 Angola2
5,300 Syria2
7,574 Bangladesh2
5,817 Albania2
28,232 Morocco2
1,333 Guam2
6,900 Oman2
13,972 Sri Lanka1
1,879 Belize1
107,212 South Africa1
11,486 Estonia1
37,493 Austria1
16,640 Hong Kong1
17,236 Ghana1
172,258 Germany1
16,283 Lithuania1
2,935 Madagascar1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
24,771 Colombia1
38,841 Scotland1
53,505 Turkey1
24,176 Qatar1
21,562 Portugal1
340 Comoros1
18,969 Wales1
7,790 Zambia1
4,249 Cambodia1
50,549 Georgia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
45,070 Australia45
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
15,412 Denmark34
236 Faroe Islands25
15,050 Singapore18
113,815 Kazakhstan14
78,557 Netherlands13
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
38,590 Canada83
65,656 Ukraine72
56,298 England65
51,036 Tanzania61
Countries with hundreds of Lava:
15,012 Italy705
4,524 Peru598
69,823 United States353
50,092 Russia282
6,631 Belgium275
47,714 France208
9,201 Malaysia202
28,748 Argentina179
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
5,401 Ecuador138
23,901 Spain116
10,773 Switzerland108
27,127 Mexico105
13,922 Belarus105
Countries with thousands of Lava:
3,673 Philippines3,544
27,076 India1,401
13,460 Brazil1,002
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Agostino Lava worked as painter and hailed from Italy. 57 years old embarked for Chicago from Havre on La Touraine and arrived on November 4, 1895. Coachman Angelo Lava, Anna-Maria Lava (17) Country man, Plough maker Pasquale Lava, are other Lava that migrated to US from Havre, Naples and Bordeaux.

Comments

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Saundra Foard
 The origin of the name is Basque etymology of the name comes from the word meaning laba: oven; and by extension the place of the oven this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Lava Namesakes

  • Abdulaziz Laval, Soccer player
  • Pierre Laval, French Politician
  • Pierre Laval, French Politician
  • Adriana Lavat, Actress
  • Adrienne LaValley, Actor
  • Carmen de Lavallade, Actress
  • Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, Composer
  • Alessandra Lavagnino, Writer
  • Dominique Lavanant, Film actress
  • Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, Composer

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