Gvay Surname

930,678th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 283 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Gvay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gvay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus1541:61,69510,344
Russia1021:1,412,97198,464
Kazakhstan181:982,36158,740
Moldova31:1,187,12348,973
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Gvay Last Name Facts

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

Gvay (Russian: Гвай) is more commonly found in Belarus than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gvay? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 930,678th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 25,751,046 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 74 percent of Gvay live; 74 percent live in Eastern Europe and 73 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name Gvay is most prevalent in Belarus, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 61,695. In Belarus Gvay is most prevalent in: Brest Region, where 74 percent live, Minsk, where 15 percent live and Grodno Region, where 5 percent live. Excluding Belarus it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 36 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 6 percent live.

Gvay Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Gvay last name is principally Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Belarus.

In The United States those holding the Gvay surname are 30.15% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 76.92% registered with the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gva8625/
Gvy8614/
Ghvaya801/
Guay7525,151/
Gbay75142/
Gway7551/
Gvai7518/
Gvah7517/
Ėgva7514/
Gvad754/
Gvas753/
Gvaz753/
Gvoy753/
Gvaa752/
Ghva752/
Hgvy752/
Gvae752/
Ngva752/
Qgva751/
Gvap751/
Gvat751/
Gvga751/
Gvha751/
Gvuy751/
Gvye751/
Gvyh751/
Gvyo751/
Gvyy751/
Gwayi674,499/
Gbaya672,450/
Gbaye671,616/
Gwaya67981/
Guaya67910/
Guaye67821/
Gbayo67602/
Gbayi67291/
Gwaye6793/
Guayo6760/
Gwayo6755/
Guayi6738/
Gbayu6729/
Guayu6725/
Ghvaj6718/
Ngviy6711/
Gwaay678/
Gvhad676/
Gbahy675/
Guahy673/
Gvais672/
Ghvas671/
Ghvad671/
Ghvae671/
Ghvea671/
Gvaie671/
Gbajy671/
Kvaiy671/
Ngbay671/
Ngvoy671/
Guayt671/
Gvyst671/
Gveye671/
Guajy671/
Geevy670/

Gvay Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gvay in the Russian language
Гвайgvaj-

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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 Gvay
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