Karavelakis Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Karavelakis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 129 | 1:85,890 | 14,528 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
Karavelakis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karavelakis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karavelakis is found most in Greece. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Karavelakis? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,544,715th most common last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Karavelakis reside; 96 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.
The surname Karavelakis is most numerous in Greece, where it is borne by 129 people, or 1 in 85,890. In Greece it is most numerous in: Crete, where 68 percent live, Attica, where 24 percent live and Central Greece, where 3 percent live. Barring Greece this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 3 percent live and Estonia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karavelaki | 95 | 156 | / |
| Karavalakis | 91 | 119 | / |
| Karavolakis | 91 | 1 | / |
| Karampelakis | 87 | 4 | / |
| Kravlkis | 84 | 1 | / |
| Karefylakis | 82 | 48 | / |
| Karafylakis | 82 | 27 | / |
| Karafilakis | 82 | 10 | / |
| Karefilakis | 82 | 2 | / |
| Karafelakes | 82 | 1 | / |
| Karefyllakis | 78 | 87 | / |
| Karafyllakis | 78 | 79 | / |
| Karafillakis | 78 | 10 | / |
| Karafullakis | 78 | 1 | / |
| Garefalakis | 73 | 549 | / |
| Garofalakis | 73 | 312 | / |
| Garyfalakis | 73 | 105 | / |
| Garifalakis | 73 | 29 | / |
| Karavlachos | 73 | 26 | / |
| Karofylakis | 73 | 24 | / |
| Carefalakis | 73 | 16 | / |
| Carafilakis | 73 | 6 | / |
| Karaviloski | 73 | 6 | / |
| Garafalakis | 73 | 4 | / |
| Carafylakis | 73 | 1 | / |
| Karofilakis | 73 | 1 | / |
| Karvalics | 70 | 152 | / |
| Karofyllakis | 70 | 79 | / |
| Garyfallakis | 70 | 53 | / |
| Garofallakis | 70 | 30 | / |
| Garoufalakis | 70 | 25 | / |
| Garefallakis | 70 | 20 | / |
| Karyofylakis | 70 | 4 | / |
| Karofillakis | 70 | 3 | / |
| Kariofilakis | 70 | 1 | / |
| Karyofyllakis | 67 | 23 | / |
| Garefalkis | 67 | 2 | / |
| Karyofillakis | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Karavelakis
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