Vavua Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Vavua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Vavua (241) may also be a first name.
Vavua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vavua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vavua (Hindi: ववुआ) is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vavua? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Vavua occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Vavua are found; 75 percent are found in Central Africa and 75 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 575,894th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 241 people.
The surname Vavua is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Outside of The DR Congo this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent are found and India, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vavua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vavua in the Hindi language | ||
| ववुआ | vavu'a | 90.67 |
| ववूआ | vavu'a | 4 |
| वावूअ | vavu'a | 2.67 |
| वावूा | vavua | 1.33 |
| वावुआ | vavu'a | 1.33 |
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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 Vavua
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