Gavillan Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Puerto Rico

Gavillan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gavillan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States791:4,588,088240,017
Puerto Rico361:98,6151,585
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508

The alternate forms: Gavillán (3) are calculated separately.

Gavillan (14) may also be a first name.

Gavillan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gavillan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gavillan has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also occur as a variant: Gavillán. For other possible spellings of Gavillan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gavillan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,573,888th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. The last name Gavillan occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Gavillan live; 62 percent live in North America and 61 percent live in Anglo-North America. Gavillan is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held first name internationally, held by 14 people.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 4,588,088. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Florida, where 39 percent reside, New York, where 25 percent reside and California, where 10 percent reside. Other than The United States Gavillan exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Puerto Rico, where 28 percent reside and Brazil, where 5 percent reside.

Gavillan Last Name Statistics demography

Gavillan earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.1% more than the national average, earning $49,232 USD per year.

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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 Gavillan
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