Valav Surname
Approximately 749 people bear this surname
Valav Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 723 | 1:1,060,948 | 44,042 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Valav (92) may also be a first name.
Valav Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Valav Come From? nationality or country of origin
Valav (Hindi: वलव, Marathi: वळव, Russian: Валав) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Valav.
How Common Is The Last Name Valav? popularity and diffusion
Valav is the 452,985th most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 9,729,701 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Valav live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 992,070th most widespread given name throughout the world, borne by 92 people.
It is most common in India, where it is carried by 723 people, or 1 in 1,060,948. In India it is most common in: Gujarat, where 96 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 3 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 0 percent reside. Aside from India it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Valav Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Valav in the Marathi language | ||
| वळव | valava | 81.08 |
| वाळव | valava | 10.81 |
| वळवी | valavi | 5.41 |
| वलव | valava | 2.7 |
| Valav in the Hindi language | ||
| वलव | valava | 50 |
| वालव | valava | 25 |
| वलवीर | valavira | 25 |
| Valav in the Russian language | ||
| Валав | valav | - |
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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 Valav
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