Mahadava Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Mahadava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Mahadava (27) may also be a first name.
Mahadava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahadava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mahadava (Marathi: महादेव) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahadava? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Mahadava occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Mahadava are found; 86 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widely held first name on earth, held by 27 people.
This last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa Mahadava is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 100 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahadava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahadava in the Marathi language | ||
| महादेव | mahadeva | 50 |
| महादवा | mahadava | 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 Mahadava
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