Klavas Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Klavas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Klavas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece311:357,41349,581
United States231:15,759,084542,937
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
England81:6,964,757184,742
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295

Klavas Last Name Facts

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

Klavas occurs most in Greece. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Klavas? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,185,341st most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name Klavas occurs predominantly in Europe, where 56 percent of Klavas are found; 41 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 41 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

The surname Klavas is most commonly used in Greece, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 357,413. In Greece Klavas is primarily found in: North Aegean, where 52 percent live and Attica, where 48 percent live. Not including Greece this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 31 percent live and South Africa, where 12 percent live.

Klavas Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Klavas earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 147.19% more than the national average, earning R 587,424 per year and in United States they earn 53.49% more than the national average, earning $66,229 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gklavas92590/
Klyavas923/
Klovas8399/
Klevas8331/
Klavač836/
Clavas833/
Klawas830/
Klouvas77108/
Clavais7712/
Klavach775/
Klevaas774/
Kleovas771/
Cleavas771/
Gklavos771/
Klawatsch67207/
Clavos6763/
Klevos6743/
Klowas6714/
Klovos6711/
Clovas672/
Klaváč671/
Klavátsch671/

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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 Klavas
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