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 held by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Karavelakis click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karavelakis? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,544,715th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. The surname Karavelakis is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Karavelakis are found; 96 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.
It is most widespread in Greece, where it is carried by 129 people, or 1 in 85,890. In Greece it is most frequent in: Crete, where 68 percent reside, Attica, where 24 percent reside and Central Greece, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Greece this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 3 percent reside and Estonia, where 1 percent reside.
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
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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 Karavelakis
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