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 found most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mahava click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahava? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mahava is the 358,044th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,194,024 people. The surname Mahava is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Mahava live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mahava is also the 199,209th most frequently held forename globally, held by 1,519 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 939 people, or 1 in 56,381. In Tanzania Mahava is mostly found in: Mbeya Region, where 26 percent are found, Njombe Region, where 20 percent are found and Rukwa Region, where 16 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.
Mahava Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Mahava has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Mahava last name declined 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
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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 Mahava
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