Wavita Surname

749,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 383 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Wavita Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wavita Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka3651:57,0106,293
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wavita (17) may also be a first name.

Wavita Last Name Facts

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

Wavita is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wavita? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 749,861st most prevalent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 19,027,535 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Wavita live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Wavita is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, held by 17 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 365 people, or 1 in 57,010. Excluding Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bavita83509/
Vavita83501/
Wevita8326/
Wawita832/
Wavito831/
Wasuita7737/
Bavitha7723/
Wabitah774/
Waabita774/
Waiweta772/
Vavitha771/
Waiwetha71110/
Waivetha711/
Babita6711,008/
Bovita67146/
Vabita6743/
Baveta6726/
Wabito674/
Vovita674/
Wawuta672/
Wewita672/
Wevito672/
Bavito672/
Vevita672/
Weveta671/
Vaveta671/
Wahaswita671/

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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 Wavita
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