Gvishyan Surname
Approximately 482 people bear this surname
Gvishyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 458 | 1:8,178 | 1,842 |
| Abkhazia | 24 | 1:10,119 | 1,374 |
Gvishyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gvishyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gvishyan (Georgian: გვიშიანი) is borne by more people in Georgia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gvishyan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 633,196th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 15,119,390 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Gvishyan reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 95 percent reside in Kartvelo-West Asia.
The surname Gvishyan is most numerous in Georgia, where it is held by 458 people, or 1 in 8,178. In Georgia it is primarily found in: Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, where 36 percent reside, Imereti, where 28 percent reside and Tbilisi, where 27 percent reside. Without taking into account Georgia this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Abkhazia, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gvishyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gvishyan in the Georgian language | ||
| გვიშიანი | gvishiani | - |
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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 Gvishyan
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