Gaitanakis Surname
Approximately 223 people bear this surname
Gaitanakis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 211 | 1:52,511 | 8,681 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Gaitanakis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaitanakis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gaitanakis is borne by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaitanakis? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gaitanakis is the 1,098,270th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Gaitanakis live; 95 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 95 percent live in Helleno-Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in Greece, where it is carried by 211 people, or 1 in 52,511. In Greece Gaitanakis is most frequent in: Crete, where 54 percent live, Attica, where 29 percent live and Central Macedonia, where 16 percent live. Excluding Greece it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent live and Russia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaitanaki | 95 | 124 | / |
| Gaitanakias | 95 | 1 | / |
| Gaytanakis | 90 | 6 | / |
| Katanakis | 84 | 46 | / |
| Gadanakis | 84 | 8 | / |
| Catanakis | 84 | 7 | / |
| Kadianakis | 80 | 187 | / |
| Katinakis | 74 | 69 | / |
| Gaitnieks | 74 | 19 | / |
| Katona-Kis | 70 | 32 | / |
| Gajtanoski | 70 | 16 | / |
| Goudanakis | 70 | 3 | / |
| Goudinakis | 70 | 1 | / |
| Ktenakis | 67 | 45 | / |
| Gaitings | 67 | 37 | / |
| Katona-Kiss | 67 | 25 | / |
| Kitanics | 67 | 16 | / |
| Katanics | 67 | 14 | / |
| Catangas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Katona Kiss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gataings | 67 | 0 | / |
| Athaunaces | 60 | 1 | / |
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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 Gaitanakis
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