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

Mavraganis has its highest incidence in Greece. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mavraganis? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 320,306th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 6,244,684 people. The last name Mavraganis is predominantly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Mavraganis live; 85 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 85 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Greece, where it is carried by 992 people, or 1 in 11,169. In Greece Mavraganis is most common in: Attica, where 47 percent reside, Peloponnese, where 19 percent reside and Central Greece, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Greece this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Mavraganis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Mavraganis surname are 12.61% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.38% being registered with 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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