Gvalia Surname
Approximately 1,493 people bear this surname
Gvalia Surname User-submission:
The Gvalia surname means 'hearty person', being referred to as either large or really kind.
Gvalia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 1,188 | 1:3,153 | 640 |
| Abkhazia | 247 | 1:983 | 232 |
| Russia | 43 | 1:3,351,699 | 174,427 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Ossetia | 1 | 1:53,432 | 1,287 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Gvalia Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Gvalia surname means 'hearty person', being referred to as either large or really kind.
- andrewjohnson1245Gvalia Demographics
Gvalia Religious Adherence
in Georgia
Religious Adherence
in Georgia
Gvalia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gvalia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gvalia (Georgian: გვალია, Russian: Гвалиа) has its highest incidence in Georgia. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gvalia click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gvalia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 262,597th most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,881,143 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Gvalia are found; 96 percent are found in West Asia and 80 percent are found in Kartvelo-West Asia.
The surname Gvalia is most frequent in Georgia, where it is borne by 1,188 people, or 1 in 3,153. In Georgia it is most numerous in: Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, where 39 percent are found, Imereti, where 30 percent are found and Tbilisi, where 24 percent are found. Outside of Georgia this last name is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Abkhazia, where 17 percent are found and Russia, where 3 percent are found.
Gvalia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Georgia.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gvalia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gvalia in the Georgian language | ||
| გვალია | gvalia | - |
| Gvalia in the Russian language | ||
| Гвалиа | gvalia | - |
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Footnotes
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