Gavilán Surname
Approximately 209 people bear this surname
Gavilán Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 141 | 1:331,575 | 19,344 |
| Chile | 19 | 1:927,183 | 19,125 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1:1,143,919 | 35,564 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1:2,412,249 | 13,111 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
The alternate forms: Gavilan (38,938), Gavilàn (6) & Gavilãn (1) are calculated separately.
Gavilán Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gavilán Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gavilán is found most frequently in Spain. It can also occur in the variant forms: Gavilan, Gavilàn or Gavilãn. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gavilán? popularity and diffusion
Gavilán is the 1,148,257th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 70 percent of Gavilán live; 67 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 67 percent live in Iberian Europe.
The surname Gavilán is most frequently occurring in Spain, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 331,575. In Spain it is most prevalent in: Andalusia, where 33 percent are found, Madrid, where 23 percent are found and Catalonia, where 23 percent are found. Without taking into account Spain Gavilán exists in 18 countries. It is also found in Chile, where 9 percent are found and Argentina, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gavilan | 95 | 38,938 | / |
| Gavilàn | 95 | 6 | / |
| Gavilãn | 95 | 1 | / |
| Gavillán | 93 | 3 | / |
| Gavilon | 86 | 18 | / |
| Gavelán | 86 | 2 | / |
| Gabilán | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gavillon | 80 | 216 | / |
| Gavillan | 80 | 130 | / |
| Gavilane | 80 | 4 | / |
| Gavilian | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gavillón | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gavilant | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gavillian | 75 | 2 | / |
| Gavillion | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gabilan | 71 | 3,173 | / |
| Gavelan | 71 | 357 | / |
| Gawilan | 71 | 241 | / |
| Gabilon | 71 | 119 | / |
| Gavilam | 71 | 7 | / |
| Govilan | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gabilane | 67 | 18 | / |
| Gawilyan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gajuilan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gabilian | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gabilain | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gavelian | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Gavilán
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