Gvav Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Gvav Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Gvav Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania741:55,3363,965
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Gvav Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gvav Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gvav (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻔﺎﻑ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gvav? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,136,387th most frequently held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. The last name Gvav is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Gvav live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 55,336. In Mauritania Gvav is most numerous in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 64 percent are found, Gorgol Region, where 26 percent are found and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 8 percent are found. Barring Mauritania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 4 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
G'Vav897/
Ngvav891/
Gvaev891/
Guav755/
Gbav751/
Gvap751/
Gvaw751/
Gvev751/
Gveiv6725/
Gbova6712/
Nguav673/
Gueav671/
Gwova671/
Ghvaf671/
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Gvav Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gvav in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻛﻔﺎﻑakfaf91.67
ﺃﻛﻔﺎﻑakfaf8.33

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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 Gvav
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