How common is the surname Nava?

39,670 people in the United States had the surname Nava in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,783 Americans. It ranked 874th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Nava?

Gregory Nava, American film director and producer, followed by Jake Nava.

Where is the surname Nava most common?

Wikidata records people named Nava in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Nava getting more or less common?

More common. 26,463 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 39,670 in 2010, up 50%.

The surname Nava

A surname, carried by 39,670 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nava is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

From Spanish, Catalan and Asturian-Leonese surname, from several placenames derived from nava (“plain, treeless plateau”), from Paleo-Hispanic, probably Basque naba (“plain, valley”). See Navarra.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 39,670 people named Nava in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,783 Americans. That is up 50% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,463.

#874

rank among US surnames

39,670

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+49.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,212)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#865	Lucero	39,986	7,721
#866	Boyle	39,921	7,734
#867	Hanna	39,890	7,740
#868	Pace	39,879	7,742
#869	Rush	39,802	7,757
#870	Hurley	39,796	7,758
#871	Harding	39,787	7,760

Who is named Nava

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Nava identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 4.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Two or more races 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Navas

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gregory Nava
American film director and producer, born 1949
Jake Nava
British commercial and music video director, born 2000
Emilio Nava
American tennis player (born 2001)

Notable Navas come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Naba

Surnames that sound like Nava

Nava has the Soundex code N100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N100.

Questions

Where does the surname Nava come from?: From Spanish, Catalan and Asturian-Leonese surname, from several placenames derived from nava (“plain, treeless plateau”), from Paleo-Hispanic, probably Basque naba (“plain, valley”). See Navarra.
How common is the surname Nava?: 39,670 people in the United States had the surname Nava in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,783 Americans. It ranked 874th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nava?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Nava identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Nava?: Gregory Nava, American film director and producer, followed by Jake Nava.
Where is the surname Nava most common?: Wikidata records people named Nava in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Nava getting more or less common?: More common. 26,463 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 39,670 in 2010, up 50%.
What are other spellings of Nava?: Naba.