Banavas Surname
Approximately 195 people bear this surname
Banavas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 177 | 1:62,598 | 10,483 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Banavas (247) may also be a first name.
Banavas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Banavas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Banavas (Hindi: बनवास, Marathi: बनवास) is found in Greece more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Banavas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,206,588th most frequent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 37,372,030 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 92 percent of Banavas live; 91 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 91 percent live in Helleno-Europe. Banavas is also the 567,531st most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 247 people.
The surname Banavas is most frequent in Greece, where it is borne by 177 people, or 1 in 62,598. In Greece Banavas is most frequent in: Central Macedonia, where 93 percent reside, Attica, where 2 percent reside and Epirus, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Greece Banavas is found in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 6 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Banavas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Banavas in the Hindi language | ||
| बनवास | banavasa | - |
| Banavas in the Marathi language | ||
| बनवास | banavasa | 91.23 |
| बानवास | banavasa | 1.75 |
| बनवस | banavasa | 1.75 |
| वानवास | vanavasa | 1.75 |
| बणवास | banavasa | 1.75 |
| वनवास | vanavasa | 1.75 |
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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 Banavas
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