Lovai Surname
Approximately 209 people bear this surname
Lovai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 138 | 1:59,085 | 7,566 |
| Hungary | 56 | 1:175,291 | 15,311 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Lovai (39) may also be a first name.
Lovai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lovai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lovai (Hindi: लोवाई, Marathi: लोवाई) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lovai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lovai is the 1,148,257th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 34,868,641 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Lovai are found; 66 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 66 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Lovai is also the 1,637,361st most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 39 people.
This last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 138 people, or 1 in 59,085. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Central, where 36 percent are found, Milne Bay, where 31 percent are found and National Capital District, where 13 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 27 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lovai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lovai in the Marathi language | ||
| लोवाई | lova'i | 80 |
| लोेवाई | loeva'i | 20 |
| Lovai in the Hindi language | ||
| लोवाई | lova'i | 50 |
| लोवई | lova'i | 50 |
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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 Lovai
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