Vavaa Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Vavaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Vavaa (32) may also be a first name.
Vavaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vavaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vavaa (Arabic: فافاا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻓﻊ, Russian: Ваваа) is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Vavaa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,649,889th most commonly used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Vavaa live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most prevalent forename at a global level, borne by 32 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Vavaa is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 100 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent reside and Mauritania, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vavaa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vavaa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻓﻊ | alnaf | - |
| Vavaa in the Russian language | ||
| Ваваа | vavaa | - |
| Vavaa in the Arabic language | ||
| فافاا | fafaa | - |
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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 Vavaa
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