Oliva Family History
Oliva Name Meaning
Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese: habitational name from Oliva
in Valencia, Santa Oliva in Girona, or possibly from any of the places
in Extremadura named La Oliva, from Latin oliva ‘olive’.Italian (mainly southern and Ligurian): from Latin
oliva ‘olive’; a topographic name for someone who lived by an
olive tree or grove, or a metonymic occupational name for a gatherer
or seller of olives or an extractor or seller of olive oil, or perhaps
in some cases a nickname for someone with a sallow complexion.German: habitational name from Oliva, a place now in Gdansk
voivodeship, Poland.
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Name Distribution of Oliva Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Oliva families
 61 - 119  21 - 60 |
 1 - 20  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Oliva families
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15 - 28 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Oliva last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Oliva Family Origin
Oliva Immigration Information
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Oliva Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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