Vawah Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Vawah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 52 | 1:84,780 | 6,985 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Vawah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vawah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vawah occurs in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Vawah.
How Common Is The Last Name Vawah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vawah is the 2,605,694th most common last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Vawah live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 84,780. In Liberia Vawah is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 94 percent are found, Bomi County, where 2 percent are found and Margibi County, where 2 percent are found. Besides Liberia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent are found and Ghana, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vawa | 89 | 339 | / |
| Vaswash | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vashwah | 83 | 0 | / |
| Wawah | 80 | 310 | / |
| Fawah | 80 | 167 | / |
| Vaiwa | 80 | 145 | / |
| Vowah | 80 | 30 | / |
| Vaway | 80 | 10 | / |
| Vawai | 80 | 9 | / |
| Vawga | 80 | 7 | / |
| Vavah | 80 | 6 | / |
| Vawaz | 80 | 2 | / |
| Vaewa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vauwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vaywa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vawua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vaawa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bajwah | 73 | 721 | / |
| Bawhah | 73 | 366 | / |
| Vavaha | 73 | 83 | / |
| Vuowah | 73 | 46 | / |
| Veawua | 73 | 45 | / |
| Wawath | 73 | 15 | / |
| Vayuah | 73 | 10 | / |
| Fawash | 73 | 10 | / |
| Vahway | 73 | 5 | / |
| Fawhah | 73 | 4 | / |
| Phawah | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bawauh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bawwah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Vaiway | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vahwad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vavash | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bawaah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bawahy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fahwah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Veawea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vasuah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Faiwah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vaswai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vaswad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vowath | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wawach | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wawa | 67 | 18,450 | / |
| Vava | 67 | 6,764 | / |
| Fawa | 67 | 2,737 | / |
| Vaba | 67 | 471 | / |
| Vewa | 67 | 47 | / |
| Vowa | 67 | 45 | / |
| Bajwaha | 67 | 41 | / |
| Vaisuah | 67 | 36 | / |
| Weaweah | 67 | 32 | / |
| Uawa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Vawo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Baajwah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vavahad | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bajwhah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bajhwah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vahabah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wahawah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bajwaah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bajwaih | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Vawah
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