Banva Surname
Approximately 250 people bear this surname
Banva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 232 | 1:3,306,316 | 95,935 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Banva (185) may also be a first name.
Banva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Banva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Banva (Arabic: بنفا, Hindi: बनवा, Marathi: बानवा, Russian: Банва) occurs most in India. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Banva? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,014,722nd most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,150,184 people. The last name Banva occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Banva are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 92 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 669,105th most numerous forename at a global level, held by 185 people.
This last name is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 232 people, or 1 in 3,306,316. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 96 percent live, Chhattisgarh, where 1 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 1 percent live. Beside India Banva exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live and The Philippines, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Banva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Banva in the Marathi language | ||
| बानवा | banava | 97.78 |
| बनवा | banava | 1.11 |
| Banva in the Hindi language | ||
| बनवा | banava | 86.36 |
| बनवारी | banavari | 6.82 |
| बांवा | banva | 2.27 |
| बनवासी | banavasi | 2.27 |
| बंवा | banva | 2.27 |
| Banva in the Russian language | ||
| Банва | banva | - |
| Banva in the Arabic language | ||
| بنفا | bnfa | - |
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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 Banva
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