Gavrilets Surname

523,789th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 620 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Gavrilets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gavrilets Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia5331:270,40028,247
Kazakhstan551:321,50026,592
Belarus171:558,88650,306
Moldova61:593,56136,655
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Gavrilets Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gavrilets (Russian: Гаврилец) is held by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gavrilets? popularity and diffusion

Gavrilets is the 523,789th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 11,754,106 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Gavrilets reside; 75 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 70 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Russia, where it is held by 533 people, or 1 in 270,400. In Russia Gavrilets is mostly concentrated in: Stavropol Krai, where 28 percent are found, Krasnodar Krai, where 9 percent are found and Moscow, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Russia Gavrilets occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 9 percent are found and Belarus, where 3 percent are found.

Gavrilets Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Orthodox (79%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Gavrilets last name are 10.81% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 57.58% registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gavrilets Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gavrilets in the Russian language
Гаврилецgavrilec-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gavrilets
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