Gavaya Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
Gavaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 174 | 1:88,726 | 12,807 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Gavaya (12) may also be a first name.
Gavaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gavaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gavaya (Marathi: गवया) is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gavaya? popularity and diffusion
Gavaya is the 1,222,957th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 38,154,691 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gavaya live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 12 people.
The surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 174 people, or 1 in 88,726. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 49 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 15 percent are found and Harare Province, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 8 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gavaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gavaya in the Marathi language | ||
| गवया | gavaya | 75 |
| गावया | gavaya | 25 |
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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 Gavaya
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