Vamvouras Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Vamvouras Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 62 | 1:178,706 | 28,807 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Vamvouras Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vamvouras Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vamvouras occurs in Greece more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Vamvouras.
How Common Is The Last Name Vamvouras? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,293,424th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname Vamvouras occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Vamvouras live; 90 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 90 percent live in Helleno-Europe.
This surname is most common in Greece, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 178,706. In Greece Vamvouras is mostly found in: Attica, where 50 percent live, North Aegean, where 42 percent live and East Macedonia and Thrace, where 6 percent live. Not including Greece Vamvouras is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vamvoura | 94 | 31 | / |
| Vamvoras | 94 | 14 | / |
| Vomvouras | 89 | 3 | / |
| Bamvura | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vanvourous | 74 | 1 | / |
| Vanvoorhas | 74 | 1 | / |
| Vambaras | 71 | 5 | / |
| Banvoura | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vanvaras | 71 | 0 | / |
| Vanvorous | 67 | 63 | / |
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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 Vamvouras
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