Anva Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Anva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 88 | 1:2,012,986 | 70,656 |
| India | 56 | 1:13,697,596 | 234,369 |
| Mauritania | 29 | 1:141,202 | 7,956 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Anva (1,925) may also be a first name.
Anva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Anva (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻔﺎ, Hindi: अनवा, Marathi: आन्वा, Russian: Анва) is found most in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Anva? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,248,410th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 65 percent of Anva live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 173,018th most commonly held given name world-wide. It is borne by 1,925 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 2,012,986. In Nigeria Anva is most prevalent in: Nasarawa, where 97 percent are found, Benue, where 1 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 30 percent are found and Mauritania, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Anva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Anva in the Hindi language | ||
| अनवा | anava | 92.86 |
| आंवा | anva | 3.57 |
| आंव | anva | 1.79 |
| अन्वा | anva | 1.79 |
| Anva in the Marathi language | ||
| आन्वा | anva | 66.67 |
| अन्वाख | anvakha | 33.33 |
| Anva in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﻔﺎ | anfa | 50 |
| ﺍﻧﻒ | anf | 37.5 |
| ﺁﻧﻔﺎ | anfa | 12.5 |
| Anva in the Russian language | ||
| Анва | anva | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Anva
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