Mavraganis Surname

320,306th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Mavraganis Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from a kind of wheat with black awns or chaff (akanion < Acanthios).

Mavraganis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece9921:11,1691,462
United States981:3,698,561204,970
Canada301:1,228,18688,140
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
France141:4,744,480251,814
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
England21:27,859,030389,889
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Mavraganis Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from a kind of wheat with black awns or chaff (akanion < Acanthios).

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Mavraganis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mavraganis is most common in Greece. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mavraganis? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 320,306th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 6,244,684 people. Mavraganis is primarily found in Europe, where 87 percent of Mavraganis are found; 85 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 85 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Greece, where it is held by 992 people, or 1 in 11,169. In Greece Mavraganis is mostly found in: Attica, where 47 percent are found, Peloponnese, where 19 percent are found and Central Greece, where 13 percent are found. Beside Greece this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Mavraganis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Mavraganis are 12.61% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.38% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Mavraganis earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.16% more than the national average, earning $47,101 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.97% less than the national average, earning $47,215 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mavragani95568/
Mavragannis9566/
Mavraganes9031/
Mavraganni905/
Mavroganis901/
Mavrogainnis821/
Mavroghenis763/
Mabragañi742/
Mavrogenes7026/
Mabragañ677/
Mavrogeneas571/

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