Váz Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Váz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Verde | 21 | 1:25,221 | 946 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
The alternate forms: Vaz (307,259) are calculated separately.
Váz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Váz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Váz is borne by more people in Cape Verde than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Vaz. For other possible spellings of Váz click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Váz? popularity and diffusion
The surname Váz is the 3,432,070th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Váz reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Luso-West Africa.
This last name is most common in Cape Verde, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 25,221. In Cape Verde it is most prevalent in: Sal, where 52 percent live, Santiago, where 38 percent live and Fogo, where 5 percent live. Outside of Cape Verde Váz occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 24 percent live and Angola, where 3 percent live.
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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 Váz
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