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
The last name Bovas (Hindi: बोवास, Marathi: बोवस) is found most in India. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bovas.
How Common Is The Last Name Bovas? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 926,175th most widely held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 25,570,337 people. The last name Bovas is primarily found in Asia, where 68 percent of Bovas live; 49 percent live in South Asia and 49 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 269,579th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 906 people.
This last name is most common in India, where it is borne by 139 people, or 1 in 5,518,456. In India it is most numerous in: Kerala, where 76 percent reside, Delhi, where 6 percent reside and Karnataka, where 6 percent reside. Apart from India this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also found in France, where 25 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 15 percent reside.
Bovas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bovas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bovas surname declined 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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