Karavanis Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Karavanis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Karavanis Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece791:140,25123,222
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Karavanis Last Name Facts

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

Karavanis (Marathi: कारवानीस) is carried by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Karavanis click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karavanis? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,075,631st most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Karavanis reside; 96 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

Karavanis is most numerous in Greece, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 140,251. In Greece Karavanis is most frequent in: Attica, where 72 percent live, Central Macedonia, where 22 percent live and Peloponnese, where 5 percent live. Besides Greece Karavanis exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 2 percent live and Scotland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karaivanis9517/
Karawanis894/
Karavanets8436/
Karavanich8426/
Karavounis842/
Gkaravounis8016/
Caravanes783/
Karaveniz781/
Karabaniz781/
Caravaniez744/
Koravanets742/
Karawanich741/
Kourouvanis70125/
Kharawanich701/
Carabanes67156/
Korovanets632/
Carabanez561/
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Karavanis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karavanis in the Marathi language
कारवानीसkaravanisa-

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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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  • 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 Karavanis
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