Kakavas Surname

314,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Kakavas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kakavas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece9461:11,7121,533
United States1831:1,980,650127,499
Australia401:674,89346,030
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kakavas Last Name Facts

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

Kakavas is found most frequently in Greece. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kakavas.

How Common Is The Last Name Kakavas? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 314,479th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,103,472 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 81 percent of Kakavas live; 79 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 79 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Greece, where it is held by 946 people, or 1 in 11,712. In Greece it is most common in: Central Greece, where 31 percent live, Attica, where 30 percent live and Western Greece, where 24 percent live. Other than Greece this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Kakavas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kakavas last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kakavas earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 9.68% less than the national average, earning $38,972 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.68% less than the national average, earning $30,964 CAD per year.

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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 Kakavas
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