Vadivalu Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Singapore

Vadivalu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vadivalu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1251:433,42237,136
Malaysia361:819,28437,745
Singapore131:423,66918,211
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Vadivalu (73) may also be a first name.

Vadivalu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Vadivalu occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vadivalu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,281,391st most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 70 percent of Vadivalu reside; 70 percent reside in Southern Africa and 70 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Vadivalu is also the 1,134,117th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 73 people.

This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 125 people, or 1 in 433,422. In South Africa Vadivalu is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 86 percent are found, Gauteng, where 11 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 2 percent are found. Apart from South Africa it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 20 percent are found and Singapore, where 7 percent are found.

Vadivalu Last Name Statistics demography

Vadivalu earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 5.06% more than the national average, earning R 249,672 per year.

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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 Vadivalu
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