Vadivu Surname

1,070,546th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 232 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Singapore

Vadivu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Vadivu 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
India1921:3,995,132108,566
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
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Vadivu (205) may also be a first name.

Vadivu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vadivu (Marathi: विडवु) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Vadivu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vadivu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,070,546th most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Vadivu live; 83 percent live in South Asia and 83 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Vadivu is also the 632,267th most widespread forename in the world, held by 205 people.

This surname is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 192 people, or 1 in 3,995,132. In India it is most frequent in: Tamil Nadu, where 51 percent live, Kerala, where 10 percent live and Pondicherry, where 8 percent live. Apart from India Vadivu is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Singapore, where 7 percent live and Malaysia, where 3 percent live.

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
Vadiveu921/
Vadivhu921/
Vadivou921/
Vadevu8317/
Vadibu833/
Vaduvu831/
Vadivoo7730/
Vaiduvu773/
Vaddevu771/
Vadibhu771/
Badivahu716/
Badiwu67109/
Wadiwu6727/
Badibu674/
Wadibu673/
Fadibu673/
Wadevu671/
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Vadivu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vadivu in the Marathi language
विडवुvidavu33.33
वडीवुvadivu26.67
विडवूvidavu13.33
वाडीवूvadivu13.33
वडीऊvadi'u6.67
वडीvadi6.67

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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 Vadivu
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