Mahdava Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Mahdava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Mahdava (11) may also be a first name.
Mahdava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahdava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mahdava (Marathi: महादेव) is found most in Iran. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahdava? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Mahdava reside; 92 percent reside in South Asia and 62 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Mahdava is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent given name world-wide. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Iran, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 9,597,816. In Iran it is primarily found in: Tehran Province, where 75 percent reside, East Azerbaijan Province, where 13 percent reside and Fars Province, where 13 percent reside. Not including Iran it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 31 percent reside and Cameroon, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahdava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahdava in the Marathi language | ||
| महादेव | mahadeva | - |
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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 Mahdava
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