Tavares Vaz Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cape Verde
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Tavares Vaz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Tavares Vaz Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cape Verde431:12,317429
Brazil331:6,487,101155,169
São Tomé and Príncipe101:17,742994
France41:16,605,680368,153

Tavares Vaz Last Name Facts

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

Tavares Vaz has its highest incidence in Cape Verde. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tavares Vaz? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,967,751st most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 59 percent of Tavares Vaz live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Luso-West Africa.

The surname Tavares Vaz is most frequently held in Cape Verde, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 12,317. In Cape Verde it is most common in: Santiago, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Cape Verde Tavares Vaz occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 37 percent are found and São Tomé and Príncipe, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tavarez Vaz911/
Tavares Fazio831/
Tavares Voss781/
Tavares Fiuza752/
de Farias Vaz583/

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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
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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 Tavares Vaz
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