Sovai Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Sovai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Sovai (21) may also be a first name.
Sovai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sovai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sovai (Hindi: सोवई) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sovai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sovai is the 6,063,924th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. Sovai occurs mostly in Asia, where 70 percent of Sovai live; 70 percent live in South Asia and 60 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Sovai is also the 2,368,944th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 21 people.
This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 127,844,230. In India Sovai is most common in: Gujarat, where 50 percent are found, Bihar, where 17 percent are found and Jharkhand, where 17 percent are found. Apart from India this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 30 percent are found and Pakistan, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sovai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sovai in the Hindi language | ||
| सोवई | sova'i | 57.14 |
| सोवाई | sova'i | 28.57 |
| सोवइ | sova'i | 14.29 |
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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 Sovai
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