Gavaľa Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Gavaľa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 56 | 1:95,294 | 18,290 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
Gavaľa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gavaľa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gavaľa is found in Slovakia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gavaľa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gavaľa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,483,783rd most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gavaľa live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Slovakia, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 95,294. In Slovakia it is mostly found in: Prešov Region, where 64 percent are found, Bratislava Region, where 16 percent are found and Košice Region, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Slovakia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Czechia, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Gavaľa
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