Mvu Surname

586,691st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 533 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Mvu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mvu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon3021:68,7728,648
South Africa1621:334,43031,173
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Lesotho81:254,07015,268
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413

Mvu (27) may also be a first name.

Mvu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mvu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mvu (Russian: Мву) is most common in Cameroon. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mvu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mvu is the 586,691st most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 13,672,694 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mvu are found; 67 percent are found in Central Africa and 66 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly held forename internationally, borne by 27 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 302 people, or 1 in 68,772. In Cameroon Mvu is mostly found in: West Region, where 93 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 3 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 30 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found.

Mvu Last Name Statistics demography

Mvu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 71.92% less than the national average, earning R 66,720 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mvuh863,183/
Mvou862,146/
Mvuu8674/
Mvui863/
Hmvu862/
Mvut862/
Nmvu861/
Mvuz861/
Mveu861/
Mvau861/
M'Vou75305/
Mvouh752/
Mvhud751/
Mvout751/
Mvguh751/
Mbu6712,247/
Nvu6719/
Mwu677/

Mvu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mvu in the Russian language
Мвуmvu-

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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 Mvu
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