Giovas Surname

709,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 413 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Giovas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Giovas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece3311:33,4745,237
Australia461:586,86342,409
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

Giovas Last Name Facts

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

Giovas is more commonly found in Greece than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Giovas? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 709,895th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 17,645,390 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Giovas live; 80 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 80 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Greece, where it is borne by 331 people, or 1 in 33,474. In Greece it is most frequent in: Western Greece, where 44 percent reside, Attica, where 34 percent reside and Peloponnese, where 21 percent reside. Excluding Greece it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 11 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.

Giovas Last Name Statistics demography

Giovas earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 31.49% less than the national average, earning $29,562 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Giovash92392/
Giouvas921/
Ziovas83148/
Giovos83143/
Giavas8384/
Geovas832/
Giovaz831/
Geovais777/
Zgouvas773/
Giovach771/
Iovaysh771/
Covas733,131/
Zovas7347/
Jovas7340/
Yovas7320/
Sovas738/
Iowas733/
Iobas731/
Iavas731/
Couvas6774/
Zouvas6767/
Jovais6738/
Coveas6725/
Covash6712/
Hiouas6712/
Giavos6712/
Giawas675/
Zoovas675/
Iavase673/
Joveas672/
Souvas672/
Zovais671/

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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 Giovas
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