Caravan is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Caravan
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

Form of Garvey. The Irish family deduce themselves from the ancient monarchs of that island, through Garbhe or Garvey, that is "The Warlike," Prince of Morisk, county of Mayo, in the XV. century B.L.G.

The form of Garvey. Descendant of Gairbhit meaning "rough peace".

Variation of Garfinkel. Carbuncle, a red precious stone or the garnet-cut cabochon, probably one who dealt in these stones.

How popular is Caravan?

Caravan is common in Romania, Iran, Canada.

Caravan is ranked 222393 on our list.

There are about 104 people in US who wears Caravan as surname and ranked 156044 in US Census Bureau. In 2010 census, the last name was found in around 0.4 per million. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010
White 96.15
Caravan is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Romania which may be its originating country too. Around 1832 people have been found who wears Caravan as their family name. Caravan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Caravan:
3,187 Romania800
9,802 Iran767
16,926 Canada219
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
14,518 Ethiopia9
786,157 India7
223,652 England6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Mel Caravan was 24 years old when he migrated to United States on October 1, 1872. He lived in Germany where he worked as laborer and took Manhattan from Liverpool.

Caravan Namesakes

  • Ronald Caravan, American classical musician
  • Spirit Caravan, Maryland stoner metal band featuring the guitarist and vocalist Scott Weinrich
  • Xhol Caravan, musical artist

Caravan Namesakes

  • Ronald Caravan, American classical musician
  • Spirit Caravan, Maryland stoner metal band featuring the guitarist and vocalist Scott Weinrich
  • Xhol Caravan, musical artist

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