Gaava Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Gaava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 46 | 1:848,680 | 39,357 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Gaava (13) may also be a first name.
Gaava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaava (Hindi: गावा) is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaava? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,136,387th most widely held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname Gaava is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Gaava reside; 59 percent reside in East Africa and 59 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Gaava is also the 3,159,357th most numerous forename world-wide, borne by 13 people.
The surname Gaava is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 848,680. In Uganda it is most common in: Kamuli District, where 35 percent reside, Kampala District, where 13 percent reside and Mbarara District, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Uganda Gaava occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 37 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gaava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gaava in the Hindi language | ||
| गावा | gava | - |
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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 Gaava
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