Chovanec Surname

97,647th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,859 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Chovanec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chovanec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia2,2251:2,39892
Czechia1,5241:6,977860
United States8831:410,48635,724
Austria621:137,34618,671
Canada621:594,28449,093
England261:2,143,00282,017
Argentina211:2,035,401100,871
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Israel131:658,28045,106
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
France41:16,605,680368,153
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Chovanec (21) may also be a first name.

Chovanec Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chovanec Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Chovanec is held by more people in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chovanec? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 97,647th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,499,804 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Chovanec live; 77 percent live in Eastern Europe and 77 percent live in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,368,944th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 21 people.

The last name Chovanec is most frequently occurring in Slovakia, where it is carried by 2,225 people, or 1 in 2,398. In Slovakia it is most frequent in: Prešov Region, where 27 percent live, Banská Bystrica Region, where 17 percent live and Žilina Region, where 15 percent live. Excluding Slovakia this surname exists in 21 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 31 percent live and The United States, where 18 percent live.

Chovanec Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Chovanec has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Chovanec surname grew 88,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Chovanec Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Chovanec are 23.71% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.48% being registered with the party.

The amount Chovanec earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 3.05% more than the national average, earning $44,464 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.33% more than the national average, earning $60,279 CAD per year.

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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 Chovanec
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