Naba Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Whether you spell it Naba or Nava, the story begins in the same place. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Upland plain”.

A variant of Nava

Spelled with “b” instead of “v”, Naba shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. Other spellings include Navas.

The 2010 US Census counted 518 people named Naba, ranking it number 41,959 among American surnames. Hispanic and Latino Americans made up 88% of the total.

Naba coat of arms

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Naba, so the heraldry linked to Nava is a starting point, not an automatic right.

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