Poovaiah Surname

930,678th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 283 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Poovaiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poovaiah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2051:3,741,782103,944
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Poovaiah (28) may also be a first name.

Poovaiah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Poovaiah (Hindi: पुवइया) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Poovaiah? popularity and diffusion

Poovaiah is the 930,678th most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 25,751,046 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Poovaiah reside; 72 percent reside in South Asia and 72 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 28 people.

This surname is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 205 people, or 1 in 3,741,782. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Karnataka, where 71 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 3 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 2 percent are found. Other than India it occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Poovaiah Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Poovaiah surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.

Poovaiah earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 101.82% more than the national average, earning $87,083 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pohowai671/
Paofai57327/
Poawai5737/
Poawui5718/
Paowai5713/
Paobai571/
Pohovejova561/
Pohovey5329/
Phaofai5327/
Poahway5314/
Pohovej532/
Pohovoy531/
Pahovei531/
Phaophai5066/

Poovaiah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Poovaiah in the Hindi language
पुवइयाpuva'iya66.67
पुवईयाpuva'iya33.33

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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 Poovaiah
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