Gavaj Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Gavaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
Gavaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gavaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gavaj (Hindi: गवाज, Marathi: गवज) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gavaj? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most frequently used surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of Gavaj are found; 67 percent are found in South Asia and 67 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
The last name Gavaj is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 76,706,538. In India Gavaj is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 50 percent are found, Uttar Pradesh, where 30 percent are found and Gujarat, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account India Gavaj occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 27 percent are found and Slovakia, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gavaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gavaj in the Hindi language | ||
| गवाज | gavaja | 66.67 |
| गवजा | gavaja | 33.33 |
| Gavaj in the Marathi language | ||
| गवज | gavaja | 57.14 |
| गवाज | gavaja | 28.57 |
| गावज | gavaja | 14.29 |
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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 Gavaj
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