Garvase Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Garvase Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Garvase (14) may also be a first name.
Garvase Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garvase Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Garvase is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Garvase? popularity and diffusion
The last name Garvase is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Garvase live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Garvase is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name internationally, held by 14 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania Garvase is most frequent in: Kagera Region, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 20 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Garvase
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