Vayvay Surname
Approximately 221 people bear this surname
Vayvay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 181 | 1:429,953 | 25,607 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Vayvay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vayvay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vayvay (Russian: Ваываы) is most common in Turkey. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Vayvay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vayvay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vayvay is the 1,104,724th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,975,321 people. Vayvay occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Vayvay live; 79 percent live in West Asia and 79 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 429,953. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Kahramanmaras Province, where 39 percent are found, Adana Province, where 13 percent are found and Mersin Province, where 10 percent are found. Beside Turkey this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found and Russia, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vayvay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vayvay in the Russian language | ||
| Ваываы | vayvay | - |
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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 Vayvay
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