The Lava surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 282 people carried this name — #65,668 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 178 people named Lava.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Nord.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 91 people named Lava 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 West Flanders.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
28 people named Lava live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lava.
- Lauvray 110 · U.S. census
- Lauwers 278 · U.S. census
- Laux 3,611 · U.S. census
- Lauze 177 · U.S. census
- Lauzier 256 · U.S. census
- Lauziere 211 · U.S. census
- Lavache 159 · U.S. census
- Laval 204 · U.S. census
- Lavalette 261 · U.S. census
- Lavalle 2,380 · U.S. census
- Lavallee 4,726 · U.S. census
- Lavalley 3,594 · U.S. census
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