Povilas Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Povilas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Povilas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania71:433,51318,290
England41:13,929,515290,718
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Povilas (10,610) may also be a first name.

Povilas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Povilas is most common in Lithuania. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Povilas? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Povilas live; 73 percent live in Northern Europe and 47 percent live in Baltic Europe. Povilas is also the 58,884th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 10,610 people.

The surname Povilas is most frequently occurring in Lithuania, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 433,513. In Lithuania Povilas is mostly concentrated in: Alytus County, where 29 percent reside, Vilnius County, where 29 percent reside and Klaipėda County, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Lithuania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 27 percent reside and Brazil, where 20 percent reside.

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Povilas Reference & Research

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Povilas
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