Gavea Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Gavea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 32 | 1:6,689,823 | 158,565 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
The alternate forms: Gávea (7) are calculated separately.
Gavea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gavea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gavea (Marathi: गवई) occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Gávea. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gavea? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,635,433rd most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Gavea reside; 61 percent reside in South America and 59 percent reside in Luso-South America.
The last name Gavea is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 6,689,823. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: Rio de Janeiro, where 59 percent reside, São Paulo, where 22 percent reside and Minas Gerais, where 13 percent reside. Other than Brazil this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gavea Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gavea in the Marathi language | ||
| गवई | gava'i | - |
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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 Gavea
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