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 is found most in Greece. It can be found in the variant forms: Găvănaș. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gavanas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,038,570th most frequent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Gavanas reside; 86 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 86 percent reside in Helleno-Europe. Gavanas is also the 787,636th most commonly occurring forename on earth It is held by 138 people.
It is most frequently used in Greece, where it is carried by 207 people, or 1 in 53,526. In Greece it is primarily concentrated in: Attica, where 50 percent reside, Central Macedonia, where 49 percent reside and Peloponnese, where 0 percent reside. Apart from Greece this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common 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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