Iyyavu Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Iyyavu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iyyavu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
India41:191,766,3461,073,940

Iyyavu (19) may also be a first name.

Iyyavu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Iyyavu has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Iyyavu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Iyyavu is the 3,185,033rd most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 66 percent of Iyyavu live; 66 percent live in Southern Africa and 66 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Iyyavu is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring forename globally, held by 19 people.

This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 2,167,108. In South Africa Iyyavu is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 88 percent live and Gauteng, where 12 percent live. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 24 percent live and India, where 11 percent live.

Iyyavu Last Name Statistics demography

Iyyavu earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 0.14% less than the national average, earning R 237,312 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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 Iyyavu
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