https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Alva_%28surname%29 2026-10-31T19:07:21Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alva_(surname)&diff=211746&oldid=prev 2020-12-22T06:20:08Z

<p>Moving <a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:Indian_family_names&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Indian family names (page does not exist)">Category:Indian family names</a> to <a href="/wiki/Category:Indian_surnames" title="Category:Indian surnames">Category:Indian surnames</a> per <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bharatpedia:Categories_for_discussion/Speedy&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Bharatpedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy (page does not exist)">Bharatpedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Alva&#039;&#039;&#039; is a surname of [[Portugal|Portuguese]] origin derived from the place of habitation.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |url=http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=Alva |title=Alva Family History |website=Oxford University Press |publisher=Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press}}&lt;/ref&gt; The surname also occurs among the [[Bunt (community)|Bunt]] people of [[Karnataka]], India. It is an alternate form of a dynastic title of the [[Alupa dynasty|Alupa royal family]].&lt;ref name=&quot;Saletore&quot;&gt;{{cite book|last1=Saletore|first1=Bhaskar Anand|title=Ancient Karnāṭaka, Volume 1|date=1936|publisher=Oriental Book Agency|page=154|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=whZHAAAAIAAJ}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;Bunts Mathr Sangha&quot;&gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.buntsmathrsangha.net/bunts-surnames.html | title=Bunts Mathr Sangha | accessdate=25 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809133940/http://www.buntsmathrsangha.net/bunts-surnames.html | archive-date=9 August 2016 | url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Notable people==<br /> The following is a list of notable people with last name &#039;&#039;&#039;Alva&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> *[[A. Shanker Alva]] (born 1906), Indian politician and lawyer<br /> *[[Bartolomé de Alva]] (born 1590s), Novohispanic mestizo secular priest and Nahuatl translator<br /> *[[Jeevaraj Alva]] (died 2001), Indian politician<br /> *[[Joachim Alva]] (1907–1979), Indian freedom fighter, journalist and politician<br /> *[[K. Nagappa Alva]] (born 1908), Indian politician<br /> *[[Leonel Mário d&#039;Alva]], Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (1974–1975)<br /> *[[Luigi Alva]], Peruvian opera singer<br /> *[[Margaret Alva]] (born 1942), first woman governor of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, daughter-in-law of Joachim Alva<br /> *[[Piero Alva]] (born 1979), Peruvian footballer<br /> *[[Ramón Alva de la Canal]] (1892–1985), Mexican painter and illustrator<br /> *[[Tony Alva]] (born 1957), American skateboarder, entrepreneur, and musician<br /> *[[Violet Alva]] (1908–1969), Indian politician, wife of Joachim Alva<br /> *[[Walter Alva]] (born 1951), Peruvian archaeologist<br /> <br /> {{surname|Alva}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Indian surnames]]<br /> [[Category:Karnataka society]]</div>

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