Gavena Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Gavena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gaveña (13) are calculated separately.
Gavena (52) may also be a first name.
Gavena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gavena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gavena has its highest incidence in Greece. It can be found as a variant: Gaveña. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gavena? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gavena is the 4,908,606th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 38 percent of Gavena live; 25 percent live in Oceania Islands and 25 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Gavena is also the 1,381,723rd most numerous forename globally. It is borne by 52 people.
The surname is most frequent in Greece, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,769,948. In Greece Gavena is primarily found in: Central Macedonia, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Greece this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent are found and Brazil, where 13 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
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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 Gavena
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