The Nava surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 26,463 people carried this name — #1,212 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,200 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
214 people named Nava live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 125 people named Nava.
53 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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 print
Nava in American newspapers,
1948–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 88,678 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Nava,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonia Nava de Catalán 1779–1843 · military officer -
Ambrogio Nava 1791–1862 · architect -
Gaetano Nava 1802–1875 · composer -
Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè 1846–1928 · Catholic priest -
Luigi Nava 1851–1928 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 143 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nava.
- Natter 411 · U.S. census
- Nau 2,676 · U.S. census
- Naud 267 · U.S. census
- Naude 100 · U.S. census
- Nault 2,705 · U.S. census
- Naumann 3,304 · U.S. census
- Naval 573 · U.S. census
- Navar 948 · U.S. census
- Navarette 1,441 · U.S. census
- Navarra 1,681 · U.S. census
- Navarre 2,843 · U.S. census
- Navarrete 16,010 · U.S. census
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