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 surname Gavanas occurs in Greece more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Găvănaș. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gavanas? popularity and diffusion
Gavanas is the 1,038,570th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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 widely held given name in the world. It is borne by 138 people.
The surname is most numerous in Greece, where it is held 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. Aside from Greece this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common 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
- 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 Gavanas
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