Avav Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Avav Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Avav Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria901:1,968,25369,534
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Avav (24) may also be a first name.

Avav Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Avav Come From? nationality or country of origin

Avav (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻔﺎﻑ, Russian: Авав) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Avav.

How Common Is The Last Name Avav? popularity and diffusion

The last name Avav is the 1,871,545th most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Avav reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Avav is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently held given name worldwide. It is borne by 24 people.

Avav is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 1,968,253. In Nigeria Avav is most frequent in: Benue, where 98 percent reside, Kano, where 1 percent reside and Sokoto, where 1 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Avav is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Taiwan, where 3 percent reside.

Avav Last Name Statistics demography

Avav earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 68.13% less than the national average, earning $13,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Avaev89306/
Havav891/
Avhav891/
Avavs891/
Ayvav891/
Havaev805/
Ahavav802/
Havaiv801/
Gavaiv801/
Avahav801/
Ayvaev801/
Avov7510/
Avab756/
Ovav754/
Avev753/
Evav751/
Avap751/
Hovav67792/
Aveev67129/
Abova6763/
Gavov6733/
Ovaev6720/
Avoev6710/
Havov6710/
Gavap673/
Avape673/
Avaip672/
Havab672/
Gavab672/
Gavaf672/
Ahvab671/
Ayvov671/
Avaph671/
Asvab671/
Auvab671/
Avapp671/
Avawt671/
Avhab671/
Avhap671/
Avaef671/
Ovaiv671/
Aveiv671/

Avav Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Avav in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻋﻔﺎﻑfaf-
Avav in the Russian language
Ававavav-

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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 Avav
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis