Gavanas Surname
Approximately 242 people bear this surname
Gavanas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 207 | 1:53,526 | 8,863 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Găvănaș (1) are calculated separately.
Gavanas (138) may also be a first name.
Gavanas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gavanas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gavanas occurs more in Greece more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Găvănaș. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gavanas? popularity and diffusion
Gavanas is the 1,038,570th most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Gavanas are found; 86 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 86 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 787,636th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 138 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Greece, where it is borne by 207 people, or 1 in 53,526. In Greece it is most frequent in: Attica, where 50 percent live, Central Macedonia, where 49 percent live and Peloponnese, where 0 percent live. Besides Greece this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in India, where 5 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.
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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 Gavanas
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