The Rava surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 255 people carried this name — #75,564 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 55% from 165 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 552 people named Rava live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 93 people named Rava.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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
87 people named Rava live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Rava,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luigi Rava 1860–1938 · politician -
Maurizio Rava 1878–1941 · military personnel -
Pietro Rava 1916–2006 · association football coach -
Agostino Rava d. 1583 · poet
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Adolfo Ravà 1879–1957 · jurist
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Adolfo Ravà 1879–1957 · jurist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rava.
- Rauch 8,972 · U.S. census
- Raul 299 · U.S. census
- Rauner 327 · U.S. census
- Rausch 8,398 · U.S. census
- Rauscher 2,310 · U.S. census
- Raut 463 · U.S. census
- Raval 1,453 · U.S. census
- Ravan 393 · U.S. census
- Rave 852 · U.S. census
- Ravel 286 · U.S. census
- Ravelli 123 · U.S. census
- Ravenel 615 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Rava is.
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