Mahava Surname
Approximately 1,013 people bear this surname
Mahava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 939 | 1:56,381 | 6,136 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Mahava (1,519) may also be a first name.
Mahava Demographics
Average Mahava Salary in
Canada
$72,914 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Mahava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mahava (Hindi: महवा, Marathi: महावा) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mahava click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahava? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 358,044th most frequent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 7,194,024 people. Mahava occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Mahava are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mahava is also the 199,209th most commonly used given name in the world, borne by 1,519 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 939 people, or 1 in 56,381. In Tanzania Mahava is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 26 percent reside, Njombe Region, where 20 percent reside and Rukwa Region, where 16 percent reside. Not including Tanzania Mahava occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.
Mahava Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mahava has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mahava surname decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mahava Last Name Statistics demography
Mahava earn a lot more than the average income. In Canada they earn 46.76% more than the national average, earning $72,914 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahava in the Marathi language | ||
| महावा | mahava | 66.67 |
| महवा | mahava | 33.33 |
| Mahava in the Hindi language | ||
| महवा | mahava | 61.11 |
| महावा | mahava | 27.78 |
| माहवा | mahava | 11.11 |
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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 Mahava
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