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
Mavoa occurs most in Tanzania. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mavoa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mavoa is the 343,060th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,817,162 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Mavoa live; 61 percent live in East Africa and 61 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 649 people, or 1 in 81,574. In Tanzania it is most common in: Tanga Region, where 46 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 30 percent live and Pwani Region, where 14 percent live. Aside from Tanzania Mavoa is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Fiji, where 38 percent live and Benin, where 0 percent live.
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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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