Carvosso Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Carvosso Surname Definition:

From Carvowsa in Ludgvan, or Carvis in Roche; from car-vose, a rock or castle intrenched by a ditch; or, as Pryce renders it, "the intrenched castle."

Carvosso Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1011:267,28424,253
England861:647,88437,755
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Show All Nations
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315

Carvosso Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From Carvowsa in Ludgvan, or Carvis in Roche; from car-vose, a rock or castle intrenched by a ditch; or, as Pryce renders it, "the intrenched castle."

— Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

CARVOSOE, CARVOSSO, CARVOSSOE: From Carvowsa in Ludgvan, or Carvis in Roche; from car-vose, a rock or castle intrenched by a ditch; or, as Pryce renders it, "the intrenched castle."

— Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock
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Carvosso Demographics

Average Carvosso Salary in
England

£20,790

Per year
Rank:
79,348 of 88,641
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
9.01563E-5
Rank: 61,117 of 88,641
Percentage of national average salary:
77.07%
Sample size: 10 (2014)

Average Salary in
England

£26,976

Per year
Per month:
£2,248
Per week:
£500
Per day:
£74

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Carvosso Last Name Facts

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

The last name Carvosso is borne by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Carvosso? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,198,640th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. The surname Carvosso occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 51 percent of Carvosso reside; 51 percent reside in Australasia and 51 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

Carvosso is most frequently used in Australia, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 267,284. In Australia Carvosso is most prevalent in: Queensland, where 34 percent are found, Victoria, where 22 percent are found and South Australia, where 20 percent are found. Besides Australia this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in England, where 44 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.

Carvosso Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Carvosso has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 453 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Carvoso935/
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Carvasso881/
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Carvosa804/
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Carvassa752/
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Carvasos751/
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