Arvanitis Surname

58,248th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,686 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Arvanitis Surname User-submission:

Arvanitis is a Greek surname of Arvanite origin. They were Greeks who lived in the region of Arvanon (in today's Albania), which was under Byzantine rule, and then immigrated to central Greece in the Middle Ages. Arvanites are bilingual people and they speak Greek and an Albanian dialect called Arvanitika.

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Arvanitis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece7,0551:1,57079
United States9411:385,18533,941
Australia2571:105,04211,793
Canada1781:206,99820,123
South Africa461:1,177,77667,773
Belgium431:267,36432,244
Germany421:1,916,797106,618
England231:2,422,52489,093
Sweden171:579,22142,433
France131:5,109,440259,941
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Wales71:442,07621,198
North Macedonia71:300,21016,548
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Arvanitis Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Arvanitis is a Greek surname of Arvanite origin. They were Greeks who lived in the region of Arvanon (in today's Albania), which was under Byzantine rule, and then immigrated to central Greece in the Middle Ages. Arvanites are bilingual people and they speak Greek and an Albanian dialect called Arvanitika.

- JonesDarwin

Arvanitis is a Greek surname derived from the Arvanites, a population group in Greece with Albanian nationality. They speak Albanian, Greek and also Arvanitika, a Grecoalbanian language, dialect of both Albanian and Greek. At least a few of them are probable to speak English.

- aris.dryg11

Arvanitis is a Greek surname, denoting an Albanian settler, seen as coarse or rude.

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Arvanitis Last Name Facts

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

Arvanitis (Russian: Арванитис) is found in Greece more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Arvanitis? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 58,248th most frequently held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 838,999 people. The last name Arvanitis occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Arvanitis reside; 81 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 81 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

It is most common in Greece, where it is held by 7,055 people, or 1 in 1,570. In Greece Arvanitis is mostly concentrated in: Attica, where 34 percent live, Western Greece, where 14 percent live and Central Macedonia, where 14 percent live. Aside from Greece it is found in 27 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Arvanitis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Arvanitis has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 2,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Arvanitis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Arvanitis surname are 5.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.82% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Arvanitis earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 561.04% more than the national average, earning R 1,570,880 per year; in United States they earn 16.77% more than the national average, earning $50,383 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.49% more than the national average, earning $52,909 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arvanities959/
Aarvanitis951/
Arvaniti943,665/
Arvanites89325/
Arvenitis8922/
Arbanitis899/
Arvanetis895/
Aruanitis893/
Arwanitis891/
Arvanita8298/
Arvanite823/
Arvanetes7882/
Arbanites781/
Arvanytys781/
Arvanete712/
Arvanyty711/
Arvanette674/

Arvanitis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Arvanitis in the Russian language
Арванитисarvanitis-

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