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
Gavanas is found in Greece more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Găvănaș. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gavanas? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,038,570th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Gavanas live; 86 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 86 percent live in Helleno-Europe. Gavanas is also the 787,636th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 138 people.
The last name Gavanas is most prevalent in Greece, where it is held by 207 people, or 1 in 53,526. In Greece it is mostly concentrated in: Attica, where 50 percent reside, Central Macedonia, where 49 percent reside and Peloponnese, where 0 percent reside. Aside from Greece it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 5 percent reside and Australia, where 3 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
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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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