Babvu Surname

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

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Babvu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Babvu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe951:162,50820,181
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Babvu (216) may also be a first name.

Babvu Last Name Facts

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

Babvu (Hindi: बब्वू) is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Babvu.

How Common Is The Last Name Babvu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Babvu is the 1,871,545th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Babvu reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Babvu is also the 614,549th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 216 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 162,508. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Harare Province, where 40 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 35 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 23 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Babbu801,158/
Bobvu8027/
Babwu801/
Vabvu801/
Bavvu801/
Bavbu801/
Babbou73507/
Bhabbu7321/
Babbud731/
Baabbou67137/
Babbush6743/
Babbouh679/
Bhabbhu675/
Baabbud671/
Babboux671/
Boubvou671/
Beabbou671/
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Babvu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Babvu in the Hindi language
बब्वूbabvu85.54
बब्वुbabvu6.02
बबवूbabavu4.82
बब़्वूbabavu3.61

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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 Babvu
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