Klova
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Klova is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ukraine than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Plg. liet. Klėvas (žr.). Toliau sietina su lat. K/ava (LAG 178), Klūva (ten pat, 170), Kava (ten pat, 15, 35, 56 ir kt.), Klūvs (ten pat, 171, 464), Klavs (ten pat, 123, 177, 202 ir kt.).
- UAUkraine≈1 in 623K(inferred from the name graph)
- PLPoland1 in 1.8M
- USUnited States≈1 in 14M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Klova itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Ukraine (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 43 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 623K (inferred from the name graph)
≈71 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Ukraine, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Клова in RU Russia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Plg. liet. Klėvas (žr.). Toliau sietina su lat. K/ava (LAG 178), Klūva (ten pat, 170), Kava (ten pat, 15, 35, 56 ir kt.), Klūvs (ten pat, 171, 464), Klavs (ten pat, 123, 177, 202 ir kt.). Latviškų pavardžių kilmė nėra visai aiški, ypač dėl k/Jav-: k]ūv-. Iš vienos pusės, galėtume gretinti su lat. k/ava, klavs „klevas“ (LVV II 239). Ypač dažna latviška pavardė yra Klavinš, kurios ryšys su lat. kava, kJavs neabejotinas. Bet lietuvių pavardės su klovdėsningai gali atitikti tik latvių asmenvardžius su klūv-. Tokie latvių asmenvardžiai gana dažni. Ypač populiarus yra lat. Klaūvs — iš Nicolaus (ten pat, 219). Tad lietuvių pavardės su klov- gal net dažniau gali sietis būtent su Klūvs.
Sources 1
- Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Klova counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA Ukraine | ≈71 est. | ≈1 in 623K | — | Klova | 6 |
| RU Russia | ≈28 est. | ≈1 in 5.1M | — | Клова | 43 |
| US United States | ≈23 est. | ≈1 in 14M | listed | — | — |
| PL Poland | 21 | 1 in 1.8M | 11 | — | 2 |
| EE Estonia | — | — | listed | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 11 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 11 | #127,204 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 10 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 10 | #135,038 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
- Wikipedia surname tokens
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Klova mean?
- Recorded meaning: Plg. liet. Klėvas (žr.). Toliau sietina su lat. K/ava (LAG 178), Klūva (ten pat, 170), Kava (ten pat, 15, 35, 56 ir kt.), Klūvs (ten pat, 171, 464), Klavs (ten pat, 123, 177, 202 ir kt.).
- In which country does Klova have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 71 people named Klova in Ukraine, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled klova.
- How common is the name Klova?
- In Poland, the national register counted 21 people named Klova in 2026, about 1 in 1.8 million residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Klova”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.