Explore the Family Name Navia

The meaning of Navia

Galician and Asturian-Leonese: habitational name from either of two places called Navia, in Galicia and Asturias. Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Carlos, Jose, Adriana, Alfonso, Jaime, Juan, Manuel, Pedro, Adolfo, Alvaro, Andres, Arturo.

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How common is the last name Navia in the United States?

The surname Navia has seen a marked increase in popularity over the decade between 2000 and 2010, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, Navia was ranked as the 35,053rd most popular surname, but by 2010 it had risen to 28,525th place, showing an increase of 18.62%. The number of people bearing this surname also grew from 609 in 2000 to 836 in 2010, marking an impressive rise of 37.27%. The proportion of individuals with the Navia surname per 100k people also saw an uptick from 0.23 to 0.28 during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,053	#28,525	18.62%
Count	609	836	37.27%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.28	21.74%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Navia

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the Navia surname holds a strong association with Hispanic ethnicity, which represented 87.03% of the Navias in 2000 and increased to 89.83% by 2010. There was a slight decrease in the percentage of Navias identifying as White, from 8.37% in 2000 to 6.34% in 2010. The percentage of Navias of Asian/Pacific Islander descent also fell, from 4.27% in 2000 to 2.99% in 2010. Those identifying as two or more races appeared in the 2010 census for the first time, making up 0.72% of the Navias. However, there were no Navias who identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	87.03%	89.83%	3.22%
White	8.37%	6.34%	-24.25%
Asian/Pacific Islander	4.27%	2.99%	-29.98%
Two or More Races	0%	0.72%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%