Anavai Surname
Approximately 1,010 people bear this surname
Anavai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 993 | 1:20,915 | 2,850 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
Anavai (51) may also be a first name.
Anavai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anavai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Anavai (Hindi: अनवाई, Marathi: अनवाई) occurs most in Cameroon. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Anavai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Anavai is the 358,932nd most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 7,215,392 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Anavai are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Anavai is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 51 people.
This surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 993 people, or 1 in 20,915. In Cameroon Anavai is primarily concentrated in: North Region, where 92 percent are found, Far North Region, where 4 percent are found and Centre Region, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Anavai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Anavai in the Hindi language | ||
| अनवाई | anava'i | 66.67 |
| अनवाी | anavai | 33.33 |
| Anavai in the Marathi language | ||
| अनवाई | anava'i | 33.33 |
| अनवयी | anavayi | 33.33 |
| अनवई | anava'i | 33.33 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Anavai
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