Vavvas Surname
Approximately 317 people bear this surname
Vavvas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 311 | 1:35,626 | 5,635 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
Vavvas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vavvas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vavvas is carried by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vavvas? popularity and diffusion
Vavvas is the 858,879th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 22,989,104 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Vavvas are found; 98 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.
The last name is most numerous in Greece, where it is borne by 311 people, or 1 in 35,626. In Greece Vavvas is most numerous in: Epirus, where 75 percent are found, Attica, where 25 percent are found and Central Greece, where 0 percent are found. Aside from Greece Vavvas occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Vavvas
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