Cociorva Surname

290,699th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,317 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Moldova

Cociorva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cociorva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Moldova8261:4,312616
Romania4621:43,4595,471
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
England41:13,929,515290,718
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Cociorvă (71) are calculated separately.

Cociorva Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cociorva has its highest incidence in Moldova. It may appear as: Cociorvă. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cociorva? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 290,699th most common family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,533,444 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Cociorva are found; 98 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 98 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Moldova, where it is carried by 826 people, or 1 in 4,312. In Moldova it is mostly concentrated in: Orhei District, where 58 percent are found, Chișinău Municipality, where 15 percent are found and Ungheni District, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Moldova this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 35 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cociorvă9671/
Cociorba88151/
Kociorva881/
Cociorvei8282/
Kochorva7558/
Cociorbă753/
Kocsorva752/
Kochorba6326/
Kochorve635/
Kochorbay5950/
Cosarba53153/
Kozarva5346/
Coşarba5331/
Kazorva535/
Kotsiorimpa531/
Kocarba531/
Kochorbe502/

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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
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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 Cociorva
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