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 last name Gavaya (Marathi: गवया) is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gavaya? popularity and diffusion
Gavaya is the 1,222,957th most widespread surname globally, borne by around 1 in 38,154,691 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gavaya live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Gavaya is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name globally It is held by 12 people.
This last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 174 people, or 1 in 88,726. In Zimbabwe Gavaya is most frequent in: Masvingo Province, where 49 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 15 percent reside and Harare Province, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe Gavaya exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 8 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
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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