Kavas Surname
Approximately 9,620 people bear this surname
Kavas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 8,332 | 1:9,340 | 1,236 |
| India | 763 | 1:1,005,328 | 42,390 |
| Ukraine | 85 | 1:535,561 | 60,391 |
| United States | 75 | 1:4,832,786 | 249,377 |
| Germany | 73 | 1:1,102,815 | 73,621 |
| Hungary | 62 | 1:158,327 | 14,141 |
| Northern Cyprus | 29 | 1:11,000 | 2,841 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Canada | 23 | 1:1,601,982 | 107,690 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 1:497,535 | 21,006 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Kavaš (694) & Kávás (2) are calculated separately.
Kavas (540) may also be a first name.
Kavas Demographics
Average Kavas Salary in
United States
$49,658 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kavas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kavas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kavas (Hindi: कवास, Marathi: कवास, Russian: Кавас) is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Kavaš or Kávás. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kavas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 53,124th most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 757,541 people. Kavas occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Kavas are found; 79 percent are found in West Asia and 79 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Kavas is also the 362,702nd most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 540 people.
This last name is most frequent in Turkey, where it is borne by 8,332 people, or 1 in 9,340. In Turkey Kavas is most frequent in: Izmir Province, where 12 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 11 percent reside and Ankara Province, where 7 percent reside. Other than Turkey Kavas exists in 40 countries. It is also common in India, where 8 percent reside and Ukraine, where 1 percent reside.
Kavas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kavas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kavas surname increased 2,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kavas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Kavas last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.
The amount Kavas earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 15.08% more than the national average, earning $49,658 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.56% less than the national average, earning $48,906 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kavas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kavas in the Marathi language | ||
| कवास | kavasa | 84.25 |
| कावस | kavasa | 13.31 |
| कवस | kavasa | 0.76 |
| कावास | kavasa | 0.59 |
| कवासे | kavase | 0.17 |
| कवीस | kavisa | 0.08 |
| Kavas in the Hindi language | ||
| कवास | kavasa | 57.14 |
| कवस | kavasa | 28.57 |
| कावस | kavasa | 14.29 |
| Kavas in the Russian language | ||
| Кавас | kavas | - |
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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 Kavas
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