Mova Surname
Approximately 2,132 people bear this surname
Mova Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 621 | 1:73,305 | 10,509 |
| Papua New Guinea | 370 | 1:22,037 | 2,376 |
| Russia | 300 | 1:480,410 | 44,701 |
| India | 290 | 1:2,645,053 | 82,860 |
| DR Congo | 253 | 1:292,014 | 26,830 |
| United States | 71 | 1:5,105,055 | 259,233 |
| Argentina | 58 | 1:736,955 | 49,943 |
| Kazakhstan | 29 | 1:609,741 | 42,435 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Italy | 18 | 1:3,397,594 | 101,426 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Azerbaijan | 9 | 1:1,072,125 | 15,755 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 1:3,859,560 | 114,807 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Transnistria | 2 | 1:237,350 | 16,204 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Mova (1,013) may also be a first name.
Mova Demographics
Mova Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Mova Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mova Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mova (Arabic: موفا, Georgian: მოვა, Hindi: मोवा, Marathi: मोवा, Russian: Мова) is carried by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mova? popularity and diffusion
Mova is the 196,565th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,418,174 people. The last name Mova occurs predominantly in Europe, where 39 percent of Mova live; 37 percent live in Eastern Europe and 37 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 252,483rd most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 1,013 people.
The last name Mova is most widely held in Ukraine, where it is held by 621 people, or 1 in 73,305. In Ukraine it is primarily found in: Luhansk Oblast, where 46 percent are found, Sumy Oblast, where 20 percent are found and Kiev, where 5 percent are found. Not including Ukraine it is found in 46 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent are found and Russia, where 14 percent are found.
Mova Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Mova has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Mova last name increased 1,183 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mova Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (85%) in Russia and Orthodox (95%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Mova last name are 6.8% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 53.57% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Mova earn in different countries varies marginally. In Colombia they earn 20.35% less than the national average, earning $18,082,300 COP per year and in United States they earn 19.1% less than the national average, earning $34,908 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mova Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mova in the Georgian language | ||
| მოვა | mova | - |
| Mova in the Hindi language | ||
| मोवा | mova | 98.81 |
| मोव | mova | 1.19 |
| Mova in the Marathi language | ||
| मोवा | mova | 53.57 |
| मोवा-या | mova-ya | 46.43 |
| Mova in the Russian language | ||
| Мова | mova | - |
| Mova in the Arabic language | ||
| موفا | mwfa | - |
| موفاء | mwfa | - |
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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 Mova
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