Kavacs Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Kavacs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kavacs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia201:102,50214,510
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
United States71:51,779,848968,877
England41:13,929,515290,718
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150

Kavacs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kavacs is more commonly found in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kavacs? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,017,195th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Kavacs are found; 57 percent are found in Northern Europe and 48 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Latvia, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 102,502. In Latvia it is mostly concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 95 percent are found and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 5 percent are found. Beside Latvia this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 17 percent are found.

Kavacs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kavacs surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.

Kavacs earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.62% less than the national average, earning $35,979 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kavac915/
Kovacs8359,256/
Kavats8344/
Kavach8315/
Kòvacs831/
Kavache7771/
Kahvaci7733/
Kovachs7715/
Kova'cs777/
Kovacsh773/
Kavaich772/
Kouvacs771/
Khavach771/
Kovac's771/
Kovaics771/
Kovac7310,309/
Kavaz732,368/
Kavaç7314/
Kawac7313/
Kavač739/
Kavać734/
Cavac732/
Kavoc732/
Kovács67218,699/
Kovach6727,094/
Kovats671,178/
Kovacsová67338/
Kovacsova67324/
Kawacz6788/
Kovacz6768/
Kawach6758/
Kowacs6752/
Kovãcs6730/
Cavaci6726/
Kovàcs678/
Kovocs675/
Kovâcs674/
Khavaz674/
Cavazs673/
Kovauc671/
Khawac671/
Kabads671/
Kovazs671/
Kovačs671/

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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 Kavacs
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