Vavua Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Vavua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Vavua 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
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

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) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see 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 widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Vavua live; 75 percent live in Central Africa and 75 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Vavua is also the 575,894th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 241 people.

This surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Outside of The DR Congo Vavua exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent reside and India, where 11 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
Vuavua9127/
Vaivua911/
Bavua80349/
Wavua80338/
Vavva80135/
Vapua808/
Vafua805/
Vabua801/
Vavvas73317/
Vaibua7324/
Vaupua7320/
Vwavwa7311/
Vanpua735/
Vaipua734/
Waivua731/
Wayvua731/
Vampva731/
Vahabva671/
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Vavua Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vavua in the Hindi language
ववुआvavu'a90.67
ववूआvavu'a4
वावूअvavu'a2.67
वावूाvavua1.33
वावुआvavu'a1.33

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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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