Tavuya Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Tavuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 279 | 1:55,334 | 8,377 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Tavuya (201) may also be a first name.
Tavuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tavuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tavuya is most common in Zimbabwe. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tavuya? popularity and diffusion
Tavuya is the 933,049th most numerous last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 25,842,361 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tavuya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Tavuya is also the 639,077th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 201 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 279 people, or 1 in 55,334. In Zimbabwe Tavuya is most numerous in: Masvingo Province, where 62 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 13 percent reside and Harare Province, where 12 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Tavuya
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