Kavs Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Kavs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 134 | 1:18,565 | 4,248 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kavs (12) may also be a first name.
Kavs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kavs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kavs occurs more in Slovenia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kavs.
How Common Is The Last Name Kavs? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kavs is the 1,374,607th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Kavs are found; 85 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 85 percent are found in South Slavic Europe. Kavs is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used forename on earth, held by 12 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Slovenia, where it is carried by 134 people, or 1 in 18,565. In Slovenia Kavs is most numerous in: Gorizia, where 90 percent are found, Central Slovenia, where 7 percent are found and Coastal-Karst, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Slovenia it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 7 percent are found and Germany, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kavse | 89 | 10 | / |
| Kavsh | 89 | 8 | / |
| Khavs | 89 | 3 | / |
| Keavs | 89 | 0 | / |
| Khavse | 80 | 63 | / |
| Kavshe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kaws | 75 | 128 | / |
| Kovs | 75 | 10 | / |
| Qavs | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kafs | 75 | 2 | / |
| Cavs | 75 | 2 | / |
| Khavshe | 73 | 17 | / |
| Kavsova | 73 | 2 | / |
| Khavsch | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kovsh | 67 | 2,202 | / |
| Kauws | 67 | 54 | / |
| Khavshch | 67 | 37 | / |
| Kabsz | 67 | 24 | / |
| Kab's | 67 | 22 | / |
| Khafs | 67 | 17 | / |
| Kovse | 67 | 12 | / |
| Keivs | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kavshova | 67 | 10 | / |
| Khaws | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kafsh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kgafs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kovss | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kohvs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kaabs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khabs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaphs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kahbs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cavse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cauvs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kawse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Caivs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kaufs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kaffs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kovst | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kafse | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kavs
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