Avava Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Avava Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Avava Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea481:169,86923,574
Cameroon211:989,00363,570
India41:191,766,3461,073,940

Avava (101) may also be a first name.

Avava Last Name Facts

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

The last name Avava (Arabic: آفافا, Russian: Авава) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Avava.

How Common Is The Last Name Avava? popularity and diffusion

The last name Avava is the 2,220,661st most commonly used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 66 percent of Avava are found; 66 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 66 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 940,641st most frequently occurring given name world-wide It is held by 101 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 169,869. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Gulf, where 58 percent reside, West New Britain, where 25 percent reside and Madang, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea Avava is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 29 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.

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Avava Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Avava in the Russian language
Ававаavava-
Avava in the Arabic language
آفافاafafa-

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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 Avava
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