Mvah Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Mvah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 64 | 1:324,517 | 29,689 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mvah (11) may also be a first name.
Mvah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mvah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mvah is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mvah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mvah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,372,517th most widely held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mvah live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held given name globally, borne by 11 people.
The surname Mvah is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 324,517. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 75 percent live, Littoral Region, where 16 percent live and East Region, where 3 percent live. Not including Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mvahe | 89 | 157 | / |
| Mvaha | 89 | 131 | / |
| Mvaah | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mva | 86 | 1,191 | / |
| Mvahai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mvoa | 75 | 556 | / |
| Mfah | 75 | 250 | / |
| Mvaa | 75 | 199 | / |
| Mwah | 75 | 192 | / |
| Mvoh | 75 | 41 | / |
| Mvay | 75 | 5 | / |
| Mvap | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mvat | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mvea | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mvas | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mmva | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mvaz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hmva | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mvau | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mvaj | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mvai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muadh | 67 | 3,625 | / |
| Mwahu | 67 | 1,215 | / |
| Mwaha | 67 | 381 | / |
| Mva'a | 67 | 35 | / |
| Muash | 67 | 20 | / |
| Muahy | 67 | 13 | / |
| Mffah | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mvooh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Muach | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mbauh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mvouh | 67 | 2 | / |
| M'Fah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbaih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mvatt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbayh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbahh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mfaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mveih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mvgai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muahh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mweah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mfahd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mmuah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwadh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mfath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbajh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mvah
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