Cognomen Panava (Panava 
) , all around the world, is a rare last name. The cognomen Panava is characteristic of Latvia, where it is quite a rare surname, Lithuania, where it is a rare surname, and Greece, where it is a very rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in India, Latvia, and Lithuania. Much more frequently, Panava is the forename as well as the last name.