Dhava Surname
Approximately 3,735 people bear this surname
Dhava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,733 | 1:205,482 | 12,295 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
Dhava (1,297) may also be a first name.
Dhava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dhava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dhava (Hindi: धावा, Marathi: धावा) is found most in India. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dhava.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhava? popularity and diffusion
Dhava is the 122,425th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,951,150 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Dhava live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Dhava is also the 218,571st most widely held first name internationally It is held by 1,297 people.
The surname is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 3,733 people, or 1 in 205,482. In India it is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 96 percent live, Telangana, where 2 percent live and Maharashtra, where 1 percent live. Outside of India this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dhava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dhava in the Hindi language | ||
| धावा | dhava | 78.57 |
| धवा | dhava | 16.67 |
| ढावा | dhava | 2.38 |
| विधवा | vidhava | 2.38 |
| Dhava in the Marathi language | ||
| धावा | dhava | 64.58 |
| ढावा | dhava | 16.67 |
| ढवा | dhava | 6.25 |
| धवा | dhava | 6.25 |
| धव | dhava | 4.17 |
| धवल | dhavala | 2.08 |
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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 Dhava
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