Vav Surname

973,426th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 266 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Israel

Vav Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vav Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1321:1,341,99152,761
India391:19,668,343291,059
Israel231:372,07130,321
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Cambodia101:1,548,7156,449
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Netherlands41:4,221,794131,139
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
France21:33,211,361423,184
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
England11:55,718,059489,080
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

The alternate forms: Väv (1) are calculated separately.

Vav (122) may also be a first name.

Vav Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vav (Hindi: वाव, Marathi: वाव) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Väv. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Vav? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 973,426th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,396,789 people. The last name Vav occurs predominantly in Africa, where 52 percent of Vav reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 844,248th most prevalent forename globally. It is borne by 122 people.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 1,341,991. In Nigeria Vav is most frequent in: Benue, where 93 percent live, Ekiti, where 4 percent live and Nasarawa, where 2 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in India, where 15 percent live and Israel, where 9 percent live.

Vav Last Name Statistics demography

Vav earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 50.08% less than the national average, earning $21,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Väv891/
Vaev8672/
Vavh8667/
Vauv8610/
Vaiv869/
Vhav869/
Vaav867/
Vasv865/
Vavs864/
Vgav862/
Vavz861/
Hvav861/
Vavd861/
Vahav751,206/
Vasvt751/
Vweav751/
Vaisv751/
Vavsh751/
Vashv751/
Bav672,880/
Vap67431/
Wav67123/
Vab6799/
Vaishv6772/
Fav6758/
Vev6747/
Vavova6725/
Uav6723/
Vov6719/
Vapova6714/
Vaf6711/
Vaw6710/
Vabova671/
Vaheev671/

Vav Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vav in the Marathi language
वावvava-
Vav in the Hindi language
वावvava90.91
ववलीvavali9.09

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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 Vav
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