Mavoa Surname
Approximately 1,069 people bear this surname
Mavoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 649 | 1:81,574 | 8,366 |
| Fiji | 408 | 1:2,192 | 344 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Mavoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mavoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mavoa occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mavoa? popularity and diffusion
Mavoa is the 343,060th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 6,817,162 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Mavoa reside; 61 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 649 people, or 1 in 81,574. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Tanga Region, where 46 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 30 percent live and Pwani Region, where 14 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Fiji, where 38 percent live and Benin, where 0 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
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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 Mavoa
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