Vovo Surname

503,100th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 653 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Vovo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vovo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1841:294,44428,524
Benin1781:58,0657,178
Ivory Coast1081:213,6238,940
Papua New Guinea451:181,19425,163
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Solomon Islands161:36,2527,281
Togo91:805,3086,372
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
France41:16,605,680368,153
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Vovó (29), Vovô (25), Vôvô (6), Vóvó (4) & Vôvo (1) are calculated separately.

Vovo (809) may also be a first name.

Vovo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Vovo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Vovo (Hindi: वोवो) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Vovó, Vovô, Vôvô, Vóvó or Vôvo. Click here to see other possible spellings of Vovo.

How Common Is The Last Name Vovo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 503,100th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 11,160,101 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 76 percent of Vovo live; 41 percent live in West Africa and 41 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Vovo is also the 287,448th most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 809 people.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 184 people, or 1 in 294,444. In South Africa Vovo is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 88 percent reside, Gauteng, where 4 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 4 percent reside. Barring South Africa Vovo occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 27 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent reside.

Vovo Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Vovo earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 5.81% less than the national average, earning R 223,824 per year and in United States they earn 30.42% less than the national average, earning $30,021 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vovó9229/
Vovô9225/
Vovos89435/
Vovou89220/
Vovod8945/
Vovoi892/
Vovoa892/
Vovoh891/
Vovho891/
Vôvô836/
Vóvó834/
Vôvo831/
Voivod80443/
Vouvou80217/
Voyvot8071/
Voivoi8053/
Voovoo8026/
Vouvos8017/
Voyvod805/
Vhovho802/
Vovuoy801/
Vovohe801/
Vosvos801/
Bovo759,577/
Fovo751,039/
Vova75985/
Vobo75112/
Vowo759/
Wovo752/
Vavoo671,427/
Bavoo67165/
Voeva67111/
Vuová6793/
Bovoa6790/
Vaboo6770/
Bovos6760/
Fovos6758/
Vooba6752/
Mpovo6743/
Bovoy6740/
Bovoo6726/
Vovas6725/
Vhova6724/
Voboh6724/
Phovo6723/
Buovo6718/
Voová6712/
Bovou6710/
Vovau678/
Voobo677/
Boovo675/
Vuova674/
Fovou674/
Fovoh672/
Vevoo672/
Wovop672/
Bovot672/
Bovoh672/
Votva671/
Vovha671/
Vowos671/
Vawoo671/
Wovho671/
Vowho671/
Wavoo671/
Bhovo671/
Bovoi671/
Fovot671/
Voboa671/

Vovo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vovo in the Hindi language
वोवोvovo-

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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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  • 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 Vovo
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