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 in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Gávea. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gavea? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,635,433rd most common surname on earth, held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name Gavea occurs mostly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Gavea live; 61 percent live in South America and 59 percent live in Luso-South America.
It is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 6,689,823. In Brazil Gavea is most prevalent in: Rio de Janeiro, where 59 percent live, São Paulo, where 22 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 13 percent live. Other than Brazil this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.
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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