Maveve Surname

1,052,587th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 238 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Maveve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maveve Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2091:73,86710,930
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Maveve Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Maveve Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Maveve is most common in Zimbabwe. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Maveve? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,052,587th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 30,619,941 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maveve are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 73,867. In Zimbabwe Maveve is most numerous in: Mashonaland West Province, where 50 percent are found, Harare Province, where 42 percent are found and Midlands Province, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Masvesve8620/
Mavive83108/
Mavave83103/
Mavevi8318/
Moveve831/
Mavieva7747/
Matvebe7725/
Mavempe7721/
Maveeva7710/
Moeveve772/
Matveevets753/
Matveevy7141/
Maiveeva713/
Mayveeva712/
Mahveeva711/
Mabebe67562/
Mawewe67423/
Mavivi67115/
Maviva67102/
Mawebe6741/
Mavavi6737/
Mawave6731/
Mowave6713/
Mabewe673/
Maveba672/
Matveevoy671/
Mabive671/
Mavewa671/
Mabevi671/
Mavovi671/

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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 Maveve
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