Kavvas Surname

1,104,724th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 221 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Greece

Kavvas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kavvas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1531:508,63728,797
Greece421:263,80539,714
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
England11:55,718,059489,080
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

Kavvas (45) may also be a first name.

Kavvas Last Name Facts

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

Kavvas (Hindi: कव्वास, Russian: Каввас) is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kavvas? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,104,724th most frequent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 32,975,321 people. The surname Kavvas occurs predominantly in Asia, where 66 percent of Kavvas live; 66 percent live in West Asia and 66 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Kavvas is also the 1,504,468th most common first name worldwide, borne by 45 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 508,637. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Hatay Province, where 55 percent live, Mersin Province, where 25 percent live and Istanbul Province, where 11 percent live. Beside Turkey Kavvas is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 19 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Kavvas Last Name Statistics demography

Kavvas earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.24% less than the national average, earning $38,729 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khavvas921/
Kavvos8330/
Kovvas831/
Kovvase771/
Khavwas771/
Kovbas67786/
Kabwas671/
Kovbash6211/
Kovvach6210/
Khabwas623/
Kovbass623/
Kabwash622/
Kabbass621/
Kabbasch5710/
Khabbass5710/
Kaiphwas572/
Khabbash571/
Kabwos5042/
Kowbas5027/
Cabbas506/
Cavbaz501/
Qabbas501/
Kabbos501/

Kavvas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kavvas in the Hindi language
कव्वासkavvasa-
Kavvas in the Russian language
Каввасkavvas-

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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 Kavvas
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