Mavoa Surname
Approximately 1,069 people bear this surname
Mavoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 649 | 1:81,574 | 8,366 |
| Fiji | 408 | 1:2,192 | 344 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Mavoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mavoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mavoa is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mavoa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 343,060th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 6,817,162 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Mavoa reside; 61 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 649 people, or 1 in 81,574. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Tanga Region, where 46 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 30 percent reside and Pwani Region, where 14 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Fiji, where 38 percent reside and Benin, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Mavoa
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