Vamva Surname
Approximately 402 people bear this surname
Vamva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 270 | 1:200,658 | 21,510 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Greece | 25 | 1:443,192 | 58,048 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
Vamva (42) may also be a first name.
Vamva Demographics
Average Vamva Salary in
South Africa
R 95,028
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Vamva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vamva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vamva (Hindi: वम्वा, Russian: Вамва) is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vamva? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vamva is the 723,769th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 18,128,224 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Vamva reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Vamva is also the 1,566,439th most frequently held given name at a global level, borne by 42 people.
The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 270 people, or 1 in 200,658. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 76 percent live, Western Cape, where 18 percent live and Gauteng, where 4 percent live. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 26 percent live and Greece, where 6 percent live.
Vamva Last Name Statistics demography
Vamva earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.01% less than the national average, earning R 95,028 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vamvas | 91 | 289 | / |
| Vamba | 80 | 791 | / |
| Vanva | 80 | 290 | / |
| Vomva | 80 | 41 | / |
| Vemva | 80 | 9 | / |
| Bamva | 80 | 3 | / |
| Vamua | 80 | 3 | / |
| Vamwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wamva | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vamve | 80 | 1 | / |
| Famva | 80 | 1 | / |
| Uamva | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vamvo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phamva | 73 | 286 | / |
| Vomvas | 73 | 199 | / |
| Vomvea | 73 | 37 | / |
| Vambai | 73 | 33 | / |
| Vanvat | 73 | 19 | / |
| Vambah | 73 | 11 | / |
| Vamvou | 73 | 10 | / |
| Vanvai | 73 | 9 | / |
| Vaimba | 73 | 7 | / |
| Vanvay | 73 | 6 | / |
| Vambas | 73 | 5 | / |
| Voumva | 73 | 5 | / |
| Vanvas | 73 | 4 | / |
| Vambea | 73 | 4 | / |
| Vaimua | 73 | 4 | / |
| Vuamba | 73 | 3 | / |
| Vaamba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vwamba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bamvai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vhamba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vasnva | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vanvaj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bamvat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vamvey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Vamway | 73 | 0 | / |
| Vamvoy | 73 | 0 | / |
| Voumvas | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bhamvat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanempa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Veambea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vambach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vasimba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaamwad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanvaux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vanvast | 67 | 0 | / |
Vamva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vamva in the Hindi language | ||
| वम्वा | vamva | 60 |
| वाम्वा | vamva | 20 |
| वम्व | vamva | 20 |
| Vamva in the Russian language | ||
| Вамва | vamva | - |
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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 Vamva
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