Gavalas Surname
Approximately 2,636 people bear this surname
Gavalas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 2,055 | 1:5,392 | 566 |
| United States | 300 | 1:1,208,196 | 85,916 |
| Australia | 81 | 1:333,280 | 28,364 |
| Cyprus | 74 | 1:11,958 | 1,364 |
| India | 49 | 1:15,654,396 | 253,566 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
The alternate forms: Gavalás (2) are calculated separately.
Gavalas (36) may also be a first name.
Gavalas Demographics
Average Gavalas Salary in
United States
$60,816 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gavalas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gavalas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gavalas occurs more in Greece more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Gavalás. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gavalas? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gavalas is the 164,528th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,764,623 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Gavalas live; 81 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 81 percent live in Helleno-Europe. Gavalas is also the 1,717,090th most frequently used forename in the world It is held by 36 people.
It is most prevalent in Greece, where it is borne by 2,055 people, or 1 in 5,392. In Greece Gavalas is mostly found in: Attica, where 62 percent are found, South Aegean, where 19 percent are found and Crete, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Greece this surname occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.
Gavalas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Gavalas are 4.95% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.18% registered with the political party.
The amount Gavalas earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 40.94% more than the national average, earning $60,816 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.23% less than the national average, earning $34,666 CAD per year.
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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 Gavalas
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