Gavakar Surname
Approximately 956 people bear this surname
Gavakar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 927 | 1:827,471 | 36,783 |
| Iran | 29 | 1:2,647,673 | 84,414 |
Gavakar (15) may also be a first name.
Gavakar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gavakar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gavakar (Hindi: गावकर, Marathi: गावकर) occurs most in India. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gavakar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gavakar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 374,643rd most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,622,956 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Gavakar live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Gavakar is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 15 people.
The last name Gavakar is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 927 people, or 1 in 827,471. In India Gavakar is primarily concentrated in: Karnataka, where 76 percent live, Maharashtra, where 18 percent live and Gujarat, where 4 percent live. Apart from India it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Iran, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gavakar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gavakar in the Hindi language | ||
| गावकर | gavakara | - |
| Gavakar in the Marathi language | ||
| गावकर | gavakara | 73.91 |
| गांवकर | ganvakara | 13.91 |
| गवाकर | gavakara | 3.48 |
| गावाकर | gavakara | 2.61 |
| गवकर | gavakara | 2.17 |
| गाावकर | gaavakara | 0.87 |
| गवेकर | gavekara | 0.87 |
| ग़ावकर | gavakara | 0.87 |
| गवकार | gavakara | 0.43 |
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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 Gavakar
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