Gavanescu Surname
Approximately 186 people bear this surname
Gavanescu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 173 | 1:116,057 | 12,903 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Găvănescu (52) are calculated separately.
Gavanescu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gavanescu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gavanescu is carried by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Găvănescu. For other potential spellings of Gavanescu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gavanescu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gavanescu is the 1,244,200th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Gavanescu reside; 93 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 93 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
It is most commonly used in Romania, where it is borne by 173 people, or 1 in 116,057. In Romania it is most common in: Gorj County, where 37 percent live, Teleorman County, where 35 percent live and Argeș County, where 20 percent live. Apart from Romania this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 2 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 Gavanescu
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