Gavan is used as a family name or surname in Romania. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gavan
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Romania
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gavan

How popular is Gavan?

Gavan is common in Romania.

Gavan is ranked 91279 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gavan bearers increased by 1.807229 per cent in 2010 US census to 338 since 2000, the surname slipped by 2336 spots and ranked at 59742. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 83.43 88.55
Hispanic or Latino 12.13 6.93
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.78 1.51
Gavan is quite popular family name mostly used in Philippines while Romania is ahead in terms of density. Around 4682 people have been found who wears Gavan as their family name. Gavan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
90,215 Germany3
21,529 Singapore2
219,873 France2
42,479 Greece1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
107,212 South Africa1
31,584 Peru1
47,891 Norway1
7,314 Bolivia1
37,493 Austria1
81,201 Switzerland1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
45,082 Spain45
7,279 Wales45
17,920 New Zealand28
69,202 Netherlands18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,527 Ireland76
78,184 Italy67
Countries with hundreds of Gavan:
52,189 United States504
17,149 England323
9,092 Australia310
20,488 Canada174
121,074 India160
23,602 Mexico131
5,272 Scotland105
Countries with thousands of Gavan:
9,586 Philippines1,547
2,200 Romania1,086
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Gavan was 30 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 4, 1846. She lived in Great Britain where she worked as maid and took Fredonia from Liverpool. Patrick Gavan, aged 21, 19 years old Michael Gavan, Workman Thomas Gavan, 15 years old John Gavan, Biddy Gavan, aged 14, Mary Gavan, 6 years old Mary Gavan, Michael Gavan, aged 20, and 45 other Gavan around 70% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and dressmaker migrated to US.

Gavan Namesakes

  • Frank Gavan Duffy, Justice
  • Charles Gavan Duffy, Journalist
  • Frank Gavan Duffy, Justice
  • Charles Gavan Duffy, Journalist
  • Charles Gavan Power, Canadian Politician
  • George Gavan Duffy, Politician
  • Frank Gavan Duffy, Justice
  • Mags Gavan, Television producer
  • C. Gavan Duffy, Lawyer
  • Thomas Gavan Duffy, Politician

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