Vavek Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Vavek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Vavek Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India571:13,457,287231,997
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Vavek (7,362) may also be a first name.

Vavek Last Name Facts

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

Vavek (Hindi: ववेक, Marathi: ववेक) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vavek? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,483,783rd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The surname Vavek is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Vavek are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 95 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Vavek is also the 75,059th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 7,362 people.

It is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 13,457,287. In India it is most numerous in: Haryana, where 98 percent reside and Gujarat, where 2 percent reside. Not including India Vavek is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 2 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vavec802,246/
Vavik8070/
Vevek8019/
Wavek8015/
Vavyk803/
Vasvik7375/
Vavick7317/
Voveak738/
Weavek734/
Vavisk734/
Vabekk733/
Vavike732/
Veevek731/
Vatvik731/
Vaveic731/
Vaveykova7132/
Vaveikova715/
Vassvik67135/
Vasvick6710/
Vauvaik671/
Vosveek671/
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Vavek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vavek in the Marathi language
ववेकvaveka94.74
िववेकivaveka3.16
सावेsave1.05
Vavek in the Hindi language
ववेकvaveka83.78
िववेकivaveka13.51
विवेकviveka2.7

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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 Vavek
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