Vaiwa Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Vaiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 121 | 1:171,645 | 18,315 |
| Nepal | 12 | 1:2,373,413 | 8,828 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Vaiwa (171) may also be a first name.
Vaiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vaiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vaiwa (Hindi: वैवा) is found most in Cameroon. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vaiwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,465,390th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Vaiwa reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 698,971st most common forename on earth, held by 171 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 121 people, or 1 in 171,645. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 88 percent live, North Region, where 12 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nepal, where 8 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vaiwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vaiwa in the Hindi language | ||
| वैवा | vaiva | - |
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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 Vaiwa
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