Vaivode Surname

364,871st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 989 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Vaivode Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vaivode Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia9701:2,113239
England61:9,286,343223,652
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Vaivode Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vaivode is found most frequently in Latvia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vaivode? popularity and diffusion

The surname Vaivode is the 364,871st most frequently held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 7,368,601 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Vaivode reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

Vaivode is most commonly used in Latvia, where it is held by 970 people, or 1 in 2,113. In Latvia Vaivode is most prevalent in: Latgale, where 49 percent live, Riga Planning Region, where 35 percent live and Semigallia, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Latvia this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Norway, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vavode922/
Vivode921/
Vaivade86433/
Vaivoda86177/
Vayvode8620/
Viovode868/
Vavoudes809/
Vaiwoode803/
Vaijvade802/
Vajivade801/
Vivoda77907/
Vavade77165/
Fivode771/
Vavede771/
Wavode771/
Vaivodiss7524/
Vaivodišs751/
Vaivada71356/
Voivoda71194/
Vajvoda71100/
Vayvoda7197/
Waibode7190/
Vavhade7130/
Vavoudi7122/
Vasvade7120/
Vayvade7118/
Favoude716/
Vabhode716/
Vuivoda715/
Vivedea711/
Veivoda711/
Vavedey711/
Vibhode711/
Baivade711/
Vajavade67188/
Vaijwade6744/
Waibodei6740/
Višváder6737/
Baivouda6736/
Voievoda6735/
Vavoudis6724/
Visváder6717/
Vojivoda6714/
Vayavade6712/
Vavahade675/
Bhaivade672/
Baivoddi671/

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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 Vaivode
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