Bovas Surname
Approximately 285 people bear this surname
Bovas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 139 | 1:5,518,456 | 133,501 |
| France | 71 | 1:935,531 | 107,040 |
| United Arab Emirates | 43 | 1:213,076 | 14,246 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Bovas (906) may also be a first name.
Bovas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bovas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bovas (Hindi: बोवास, Marathi: बोवस) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bovas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 926,175th most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 25,570,337 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 68 percent of Bovas are found; 49 percent are found in South Asia and 49 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Bovas is also the 269,579th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 906 people.
The last name is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 139 people, or 1 in 5,518,456. In India Bovas is most prevalent in: Kerala, where 76 percent live, Delhi, where 6 percent live and Karnataka, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account India this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in France, where 25 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 15 percent live.
Bovas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bovas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bovas surname contracted 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bovas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bovas in the Marathi language | ||
| बोवस | bovasa | - |
| Bovas in the Hindi language | ||
| बोवास | bovasa | 50 |
| बोवस | bovasa | 50 |
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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 Bovas
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