Alava
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Álava, a Basque habitational surname.
Proper noun edit
Alava (plural Alavas)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Alava is the 34967th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 645 individuals. Alava is most common among Hispanic/Latino (79.22%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (13.02%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Alava”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 18.
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
< alava
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Alava
- a Finnish surname
Declension edit
Inflection of Alava (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Alava | Alavat | ||
genitive | Alavan | Alavien | ||
partitive | Alavaa | Alavia | ||
illative | Alavaan | Alaviin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Alava | Alavat | ||
accusative | nom. | Alava | Alavat | |
gen. | Alavan | |||
genitive | Alavan | Alavien Alavainrare | ||
partitive | Alavaa | Alavia | ||
inessive | Alavassa | Alavissa | ||
elative | Alavasta | Alavista | ||
illative | Alavaan | Alaviin | ||
adessive | Alavalla | Alavilla | ||
ablative | Alavalta | Alavilta | ||
allative | Alavalle | Alaville | ||
essive | Alavana | Alavina | ||
translative | Alavaksi | Alaviksi | ||
abessive | Alavatta | Alavitta | ||
instructive | — | Alavin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- The surname Alava belongs to 247 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.