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) occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Naava.
How Common Is The Last Name Naava? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 253,937th most widespread family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 4,683,513 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Naava reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Naava is also the 690,096th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 175 people.
It is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 1,494 people, or 1 in 26,131. In Uganda Naava is mostly found in: Wakiso District, where 36 percent are found, Kampala District, where 18 percent are found and Mukono District, where 12 percent are found. Not including Uganda it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent are found and Mauritania, where 1 percent are found.
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
- 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 Naava
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