Vavai Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Vavai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 48 | 1:169,869 | 23,574 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Vavai (60) may also be a first name.
Vavai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vavai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vavai (Hindi: ववई, Marathi: वावई, Russian: Ваваи) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vavai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,955,159th most common last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. Vavai is mostly found in Oceania, where 63 percent of Vavai are found; 63 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 53 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,270,172nd most frequent forename at a global level It is held by 60 people.
The surname Vavai is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 169,869. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Central, where 56 percent are found and East New Britain, where 44 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in India, where 16 percent are found and Tanzania, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vavai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vavai in the Marathi language | ||
| वावई | vava'i | - |
| Vavai in the Hindi language | ||
| ववई | vava'i | 66.67 |
| वावई | vava'i | 11.11 |
| ववाई | vava'i | 11.11 |
| ववइ | vava'i | 11.11 |
| Vavai in the Russian language | ||
| Ваваи | vavai | - |
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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 Vavai
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