Karavelas Surname

1,028,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 245 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Karavelas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karavelas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece2191:50,5938,356
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Karavelas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karavelas is found most in Greece. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Karavelas? popularity and diffusion

The surname Karavelas is the 1,028,911th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 29,745,085 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Karavelas reside; 89 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 89 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Greece, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 50,593. In Greece it is most common in: Attica, where 31 percent live, Central Macedonia, where 26 percent live and Western Greece, where 26 percent live. Beside Greece it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 5 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.

Karavelas Last Name Statistics demography

Karavelas earn significantly less than the average income. In Canada they earn 29.07% less than the national average, earning $35,239 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 Karavelas
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