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 held by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Banavas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,206,588th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 37,372,030 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 92 percent of Banavas are found; 91 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 91 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. Banavas is also the 567,531st most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 247 people.
The last name Banavas is most commonly occurring in Greece, where it is borne by 177 people, or 1 in 62,598. In Greece it is mostly found in: Central Macedonia, where 93 percent reside, Attica, where 2 percent reside and Epirus, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Greece Banavas is found in 5 countries. It is also found 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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