Zhvavy Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Turkmenistan

Zhvavy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zhvavy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia161:9,007,691311,782
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427

Zhvavy Last Name Facts

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

Zhvavy (Russian: Жвавы) is most common in Russia. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zhvavy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 78 percent of Zhvavy are found; 72 percent are found in North Asia and 72 percent are found in Slavic North Asia.

This surname is most common in Russia, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 9,007,691. In Russia Zhvavy is mostly concentrated in: Chelyabinsk Oblast, where 63 percent reside, Krasnodar Krai, where 6 percent reside and Moscow, where 6 percent reside. Barring Russia this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 6 percent reside and Turkmenistan, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zhvavyi92105/
Zhvavyy9240/
Zhvaviy9212/
Zvavy911/
Zhvavaya8646/
Zhvavych861/
Zhvava8333/
Zvava733/
Zhvavets7155/
Zhuova671/
Zvayva671/
Svavay671/

Zhvavy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zhvavy in the Russian language
Жвавыzvavy-

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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 Zhvavy
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