Thavai Surname
Approximately 813 people bear this surname
Thavai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 709 | 1:1,081,898 | 44,643 |
| Nepal | 100 | 1:284,810 | 3,448 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
Thavai (96) may also be a first name.
Thavai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thavai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Thavai (Hindi: थवई, Marathi: थवई) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thavai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 425,369th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 8,963,771 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Thavai reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Thavai is also the 968,397th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 96 people.
The last name is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 709 people, or 1 in 1,081,898. In India Thavai is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 69 percent are found, Gujarat, where 29 percent are found and Bihar, where 1 percent are found. Not including India Thavai occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nepal, where 12 percent are found and Thailand, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thavai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thavai in the Hindi language | ||
| थवई | thava'i | - |
| Thavai in the Marathi language | ||
| थवई | thava'i | 94.28 |
| थावाई | thava'i | 1.91 |
| ठवई | thava'i | 1.36 |
| भवई | bhava'i | 0.54 |
| थवाई | thava'i | 0.54 |
| यवई | yava'i | 0.54 |
| ठावी | thavi | 0.27 |
| भावती | bhavati | 0.27 |
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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 Thavai
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