Vava Surname
Approximately 6,764 people bear this surname
Vava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3,404 | 1:15,916 | 2,011 |
| India | 1,417 | 1:541,331 | 26,771 |
| Papua New Guinea | 371 | 1:21,978 | 2,366 |
| Romania | 273 | 1:73,545 | 8,758 |
| Russia | 254 | 1:567,414 | 50,766 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| DR Congo | 171 | 1:432,044 | 35,878 |
| Zimbabwe | 86 | 1:179,514 | 21,615 |
| Solomon Islands | 63 | 1:9,207 | 1,553 |
| United Arab Emirates | 51 | 1:179,652 | 12,842 |
| Angola | 49 | 1:550,800 | 2,323 |
| Benin | 39 | 1:265,015 | 22,836 |
| Brazil | 37 | 1:5,785,793 | 142,916 |
| Argentina | 36 | 1:1,187,317 | 70,591 |
| Greece | 33 | 1:335,751 | 47,626 |
| Belarus | 29 | 1:327,623 | 35,686 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Ukraine | 13 | 1:3,501,746 | 189,921 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Armenia | 7 | 1:418,597 | 8,462 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
The alternate forms: Vavá (16) & Vává (1) are calculated separately.
Vava (7,858) may also be a first name.
Vava Demographics
Average Vava Salary in
United States
$23,100 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Vava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vava (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻓﻪ, Hindi: वावा, Marathi: वावा, Russian: Вава) is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Vavá or Vává. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vava? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vava is the 72,853rd most numerous surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,077,402 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Vava live; 52 percent live in Southern Africa and 52 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 71,966th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world. It is borne by 7,858 people.
The surname Vava is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 3,404 people, or 1 in 15,916. In South Africa it is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 60 percent reside, Gauteng, where 11 percent reside and Western Cape, where 10 percent reside. Other than South Africa this last name exists in 75 countries. It is also found in India, where 21 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside.
Vava Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Orthodox (50%) in Russia and Catholic (75%) in Ukraine.
The amount Vava earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 31.1% less than the national average, earning R 163,740 per year and in United States they earn 46.46% less than the national average, earning $23,100 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vava in the Marathi language | ||
| वावा | vava | 98.99 |
| ववा | vava | 1.01 |
| Vava in the Hindi language | ||
| वावा | vava | 98.64 |
| ववा | vava | 0.9 |
| वव | vava | 0.45 |
| Vava in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺎﻓﻪ | fafh | 66.67 |
| ﺍﻓﺎﻓﻪ | afafh | 33.33 |
| Vava in the Russian language | ||
| Вава | vava | - |
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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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