Ravaa Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Ravaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 118 | 1:34,702 | 2,788 |
| India | 67 | 1:11,448,737 | 210,278 |
Ravaa (128) may also be a first name.
Ravaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ravaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ravaa (Arabic: رفاعا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﺍﻓﻊ, Marathi: रावड़ा) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ravaa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,248,410th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 39,392,140 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Ravaa live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Ravaa is also the 821,896th most common first name in the world It is held by 128 people.
The last name Ravaa is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 118 people, or 1 in 34,702. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 36 percent are found, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 32 percent are found and Guidimagha Region, where 10 percent are found. Other than Mauritania this surname is found in one country. It is also common in India, where 36 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ravaa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ravaa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺭﺍﻓﻊ | raf | 89.09 |
| ﺍﻟﺮﻓﻌﻪ | alrfh | 10.91 |
| Ravaa in the Marathi language | ||
| रावड़ा | ravara | 33.33 |
| रवां | ravam | 33.33 |
| रावा | rava | 16.67 |
| रावण् | ravan | 16.67 |
| Ravaa in the Arabic language | ||
| رفاعا | rfaa | - |
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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 Ravaa
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