Bova Surname
Approximately 14,906 people bear this surname
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This is an Italian patronymic surname meaning 'son of Bovo'.
Bova Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,126 | 1:70,710 | 8,203 |
| Italy | 4,759 | 1:12,851 | 2,067 |
| Ukraine | 2,074 | 1:21,949 | 3,086 |
| Russia | 798 | 1:180,605 | 20,261 |
| Argentina | 333 | 1:128,359 | 10,874 |
| France | 310 | 1:214,267 | 33,331 |
| Canada | 215 | 1:171,375 | 17,189 |
| South Africa | 187 | 1:289,720 | 28,200 |
| Belarus | 167 | 1:56,893 | 9,659 |
| Australia | 165 | 1:163,610 | 16,947 |
| Zimbabwe | 150 | 1:102,922 | 14,428 |
| Brazil | 97 | 1:2,206,952 | 68,831 |
| Uzbekistan | 71 | 1:435,622 | 10,503 |
| India | 47 | 1:16,320,540 | 259,912 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| England | 36 | 1:1,547,724 | 66,012 |
| Slovakia | 33 | 1:161,711 | 28,420 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Kazakhstan | 25 | 1:707,300 | 46,975 |
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Switzerland | 19 | 1:432,259 | 31,718 |
| Finland | 17 | 1:323,335 | 23,349 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Spain | 16 | 1:2,922,002 | 63,384 |
| Scotland | 16 | 1:334,614 | 15,044 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 12 | 1:497,721 | 37,801 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Transnistria | 10 | 1:47,470 | 7,079 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Moldova | 7 | 1:508,767 | 32,975 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 67 | 1:749,533 | 47,599 |
The alternate forms: Bová (1) are calculated separately.
Bova (473) may also be a first name.
Bova Surname Meaning
Bova Demographics
Average Male Bova Height
173.38 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Bova Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bova Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bova (Georgian: ბოვა, Hindi: बोवा, Marathi: बोवा, Russian: Бова) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Bová. Click here for further potential spellings of Bova.
How Common Is The Last Name Bova? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 35,449th most frequent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 488,900 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 54 percent of Bova are found; 33 percent are found in North America and 33 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Bova is also the 391,396th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 473 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 5,126 people, or 1 in 70,710. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 18 percent live, Florida, where 6 percent live and Missouri, where 6 percent live. Excluding The United States it exists in 64 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 32 percent live and Ukraine, where 14 percent live.
Bova Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bova has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bova surname grew 7,651 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bova Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Orthodox (90%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (81%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Bova surname are 7.07% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.84% being registered with the political party.
The amount Bova earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 18.14% more than the national average, earning €35,478 per year; in South Africa they earn 12.43% less than the national average, earning R 208,104 per year; in United States they earn 10.57% more than the national average, earning $47,708 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.21% more than the national average, earning $55,751 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bova Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bova in the Georgian language | ||
| ბოვა | bova | - |
| Bova in the Hindi language | ||
| बोवा | bova | - |
| Bova in the Marathi language | ||
| बोवा | bova | - |
| Bova in the Russian language | ||
| Бова | bova | - |
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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
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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 Bova
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