Last Name LAVA

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Meaning Name LAVA is a Latin spelling of its Cyrillic origin 'ЛАВА'. Below are some other possible Latin spellings of the Cyrillic version of this name.
'LAVA' 'LAWA'
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Origin Samoan, Belgian, Hungarian, Belarusian

Rank 65,668 (2000 US census) 62,504 (1990 US census)
Count 282 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 43.62%, or 123 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 20.57%, or 58 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 35.11%, or 99 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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