Rivah Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Rivah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rivah (141) may also be a first name.
Rivah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rivah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rivah (Arabic: رئفه) is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rivah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rivah is the 3,665,662nd most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Rivah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 52 percent of Rivah are found; 48 percent are found in Southern Africa and 48 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 778,371st most widely held first name in the world, borne by 141 people.
Rivah is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 1,102,731. In Zimbabwe Rivah is most frequent in: Harare Province, where 57 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 43 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent live and Indonesia, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rivah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rivah in the Arabic language | ||
| رئفه | ryfh | - |
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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 Rivah
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