Azava Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Azava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 66 | 1:156,600 | 16,061 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Azava (28) may also be a first name.
Azava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Azava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Azava (Russian: Азава) is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Azava? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,312,869th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Azava are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequent forename on earth. It is borne by 28 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 156,600. In Benin it is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 95 percent live, Littoral Department, where 3 percent live and Collines Department, where 2 percent live. Beside Benin it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Azava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Azava in the Russian language | ||
| Азава | azava | - |
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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 Azava
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