Gavaz Surname
Approximately 829 people bear this surname
Gavaz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 487 | 1:159,798 | 12,437 |
| Italy | 97 | 1:630,481 | 57,010 |
| Bulgaria | 93 | 1:75,042 | 4,763 |
| Romania | 67 | 1:299,670 | 27,018 |
| North Macedonia | 35 | 1:60,042 | 6,129 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Kosovo | 3 | 1:620,623 | 10,771 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Gavaz (91) may also be a first name.
Gavaz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gavaz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gavaz (Georgian: გავაზ, Hindi: गवाज़) occurs most in Turkey. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gavaz? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gavaz is the 418,906th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 8,790,767 people. The last name Gavaz occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Gavaz live; 41 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 34 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Gavaz is also the 998,282nd most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 91 people.
This surname is most widespread in Turkey, where it is carried by 487 people, or 1 in 159,798. In Turkey Gavaz is mostly found in: Antalya Province, where 21 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 19 percent live and Tekirdag Province, where 10 percent live. Excluding Turkey this surname exists in 21 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 12 percent live and Bulgaria, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gavaz Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gavaz in the Georgian language | ||
| გავაზ | gavaz | - |
| Gavaz in the Hindi language | ||
| गवाज़ | gavaza | - |
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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 Gavaz
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