Mitava Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Mitava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 95 | 1:557,280 | 35,395 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mitava (256) may also be a first name.
Mitava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mitava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mitava (Hindi: मितवा, Marathi: िमतवा, Russian: Митава) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mitava click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mitava? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,727,723rd most commonly used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname Mitava is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Mitava live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 556,659th most numerous first name internationally, held by 256 people.
The surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 557,280. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mtwara Region, where 99 percent reside and Ruvuma Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 14 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mitava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mitava in the Marathi language | ||
| िमतवा | imatava | 81.82 |
| मीतवा | mitava | 18.18 |
| Mitava in the Hindi language | ||
| मितवा | mitava | 61.11 |
| मिटावा | mitava | 27.78 |
| मितावा | mitava | 8.33 |
| मिटवा | mitava | 2.78 |
| Mitava in the Russian language | ||
| Митава | mitava | - |
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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 Mitava
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