The Gava surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 122 people carried this name — #128,797 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 218 people named Gava.
88 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Lot-et-Garonne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
50 people named Gava live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 39 people named Gava live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Gava in American newspapers,
1875–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 25,295 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gava,
with a public archive behind them.
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Silvio Gava 1901–1999 · lawyer -
Antonio Gava 1930–2008 · lawyer -
Fabio Gava 1949– · politician -
Franck Gava 1970– · association football player -
Vannia Gava 1974– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 24 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gava.
- Gautier 2,295 · U.S. census
- Gautreau 1,532 · U.S. census
- Gauvain 191 · U.S. census
- Gauvin 2,120 · U.S. census
- Gauvreau 320 · U.S. census
- Gauze 225 · U.S. census
- Gavazzi 244 · U.S. census
- Gave 216 · U.S. census
- Gavel 548 · U.S. census
- Gaven 162 · U.S. census
- Gavin 13,515 · U.S. census
- Gawel 943 · U.S. census
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