Mavrogenis Surname

454,357th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 746 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Mavrogenis Surname User-submission:

A Greek surname given to a man who had a black beard.

Mavrogenis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece5821:19,0372,754
Cyprus1311:6,755785
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Mavrogenis Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A Greek surname given to a man who had a black beard.

- blackbeard

Mavrogenis Last Name Facts

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

Mavrogenis (Russian: Маврогенис) is borne by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mavrogenis? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 454,357th most widespread family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 9,768,828 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Mavrogenis live; 96 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Greece, where it is borne by 582 people, or 1 in 19,037. In Greece Mavrogenis is most prevalent in: Attica, where 51 percent live, Crete, where 22 percent live and Central Macedonia, where 9 percent live. Aside from Greece Mavrogenis occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Cyprus, where 18 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Mavrogenis Last Name Statistics demography

Mavrogenis earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.67% more than the national average, earning $48,616 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Mavrogenis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mavrogenis in the Russian language
Маврогенисmavrogenis-

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