Naava Surname
Approximately 1,556 people bear this surname
Naava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,494 | 1:26,131 | 3,682 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Mauritania | 21 | 1:194,993 | 9,876 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Naava (175) may also be a first name.
Naava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Naava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Naava (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻓﻊ, Marathi: नावा) is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Naava? popularity and diffusion
The surname Naava is the 253,937th most frequent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,683,513 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Naava are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 690,096th most commonly occurring given name globally It is held by 175 people.
The last name is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,494 people, or 1 in 26,131. In Uganda Naava is primarily found in: Wakiso District, where 36 percent reside, Kampala District, where 18 percent reside and Mukono District, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Uganda this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent reside and Mauritania, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Naava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Naava in the Marathi language | ||
| नावा | nava | - |
| Naava in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻓﻊ | alnaf | 62.5 |
| ﻧﺎﻓﻊ | naf | 37.5 |
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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 Naava
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