Vazhi Surname
Approximately 242 people bear this surname
Vazhi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Iran | 81 | 1:947,932 | 44,636 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
Vazhi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vazhi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vazhi (Georgian: ვაჟი) is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Vazhi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,038,570th most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. The last name Vazhi occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Vazhi reside; 66 percent reside in Southern Africa and 66 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Vazhi is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Other than Malawi this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 33 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vazhi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vazhi in the Georgian language | ||
| ვაჟი | vazhi | - |
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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 Vazhi
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