Dhavy Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Dhavy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 20 | 1:204,743 | 10,209 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
Dhavy (258) may also be a first name.
Dhavy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dhavy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dhavy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻈﺎﻓﻲ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhavy? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,206,983rd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Dhavy are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Dhavy is also the 554,411th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 258 people.
Dhavy is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 204,743. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 95 percent reside and Trarza Region, where 5 percent reside. Barring Mauritania Dhavy is found in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dhavy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dhavy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻈﺎﻓﻲ | alzafy | 80 |
| ﺍﻟﻈﺎﻓﻰ | alzafy | 20 |
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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 Dhavy
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