Gavrilas Surname

226,705th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,790 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Moldova

Gavrilas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gavrilas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1,3251:15,1531,943
Moldova2761:12,9042,222
Greece821:135,11922,476
United States531:6,838,848318,712
Cyprus161:55,3055,325
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
England11:55,718,059489,080
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Gavrilaș (143), Gavrilaş (112), Gavrilás (1) & Găvrilaș (4) are calculated separately.

Gavrilas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gavrilas is found most in Romania. It can also appear as a variant: Gavrilaș, Gavrilaş, Gavrilás or Găvrilaș. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gavrilas? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 226,705th most prevalent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 4,071,255 people. Gavrilas is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Gavrilas live; 89 percent live in Eastern Europe and 89 percent live in Romanian Europe.

It is most common in Romania, where it is held by 1,325 people, or 1 in 15,153. In Romania Gavrilas is primarily found in: Bistrița-Năsăud County, where 30 percent live, Bihor County, where 20 percent live and Arad County, where 13 percent live. Apart from Romania this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 15 percent live and Greece, where 5 percent live.

Gavrilas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gavrilas surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.14% registered with the political party.

Gavrilas earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.59% less than the national average, earning $39,875 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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gavrilas
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