Divai Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Divai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 29 | 1:83,083 | 7,912 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Divai (188) may also be a first name.
Divai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Divai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Divai (Hindi: दिवाई, Marathi: िडवाइ) occurs most in Namibia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Divai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,293,424th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 49 percent of Divai live; 42 percent live in Southern Africa and 42 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 663,277th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 188 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Namibia, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 83,083. In Namibia it is most common in: Zambezi Region, where 90 percent reside, Erongo Region, where 3 percent reside and Hardap Region, where 3 percent reside. Beside Namibia this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent reside and India, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Divai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Divai in the Hindi language | ||
| दिवाई | diva'i | 89.29 |
| डिवई | diva'i | 3.57 |
| दीवई | diva'i | 3.57 |
| दिवई | diva'i | 3.57 |
| Divai in the Marathi language | ||
| िडवाइ | idava'i | 40 |
| िदवाई | idava'i | 40 |
| िदवई | idava'i | 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 Divai
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