Lavaya Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Lavaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 63 | 1:245,051 | 26,542 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
Lavaya (86) may also be a first name.
Lavaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lavaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lavaya (Hindi: लावया, Marathi: लवाया, Russian: Лавая) is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lavaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,255,512th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Lavaya live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lavaya is also the 1,032,266th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 86 people.
Lavaya is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 245,051. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 56 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 32 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 10 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 10 percent live and Swaziland, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lavaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lavaya in the Hindi language | ||
| लावया | lavaya | - |
| Lavaya in the Marathi language | ||
| लवाया | lavaya | 50 |
| लवया | lavaya | 33.33 |
| लावया | lavaya | 16.67 |
| Lavaya in the Russian language | ||
| Лавая | lavaa | - |
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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 Lavaya
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